Every Wednesday is Tip Day.
This Wednesday: Quiz–Answer these questions to boost your self-knowledge.
A key–perhaps the key–to a happy life is self-knowledge, because as the Fifth Splendid Truth holds, I can build a happy life only on the foundation of my own nature.
Materials: IKEA Cabinet (no longer sold), Chevron Shelf Paper, Tape Measure or Ribbon, Scissors
Description: One of my favorite IKEA pieces in my home is this white cabinet (no longer available at IKEA) in my bedroom. Since the walls in my room are an off-white, the cabinet tends to blend in so I wanted to add something to make it POP!
This is a post from staff writer Robert Brokamp of The Motley Fool. Robert is a Certified Financial Planner and the adviser for The Motley Fool’s Rule Your Retirement service. Like many important entities – including Weird Al, the Empire State Building, and CombustionSafety.com — he’s on Twitter.
My co-creator of Your Big Beautiful Book Plan, Linda Sivertsen, is sharing her get-unstuck, get-writing, and get-published wisdom in this online event: The Transformational Author Experience.
Do you get tired of having to deal with the seemingly endless pressures going in in your life?
You’re overworked, undervalued, under compensated, stressed to the max, too many bills, you don’t even like your job, and you’re doing it all because??
So that you can live a good life?
So you can just get by?
Being overworked can actually lead to heart attack and stroke, also known as karosh
Last December, 58-year-old Ki Suk Han was pushed onto the subway tracks in New York City. Even though 60-90 seconds passed before an oncoming train hit the man, a group of up to eighteen bystanders simply stood on the platform and looked on as the train approached and ran him over. One, a freelance photographer for a New York newspaper, even had time to snap a photo of Han’s last moments.
For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully.
This week’s story: Get a hold of yourself, Meredith.
Can’t see the video?
Five years ago, I wrote an article about the “flexible casserole recipe” that I found in the wonderful book Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn.
In my original article, I lauded the flexible recipe as it enabled people to easily fit whatever ingredients were on sale into a simple casserole that would work for dinner.
Materials: Kvissle, iHome, hot glue gun, drywall screws, Drill, magnets
Description: I first got the idea from the Kvissle Boom Box Hack.
I took my old iHome apart. The speakers didn't work and the some of the buttons were malfunctioning. So I got rid of all the unnecessary components.
Materials: Vika Furuskog table top, 14 ft 1x4s and 12 ft 1x3s, compound miter saw, Kreg Jig
Description: We built this desk for my son's tween room make-over.
Here is how we did it.
We bought a VIKA Furuskog table top at IKEA and some pine boards at the hardware store. We got 12 ft 1x3 for the frame to hold the table top and 14 ft 1x4 for the table legs.
Once the uncluttering is done and you’re deciding how to store the keepers, you may find you need some products to help you create an organized space. You might need bookshelves, file folders, a scanner, an inbox, some good hangers for the closet — any number of things.
How do you select your products?
Last summer, I launched Good Life Project TV, – a broadcast-quality web-series that explores the journeys of world-class artists, entrepreneurs, makers and world-shakers.
I had no idea if anyone would watch. Or care.
But it was the thing I couldn’t not do…
Got my answer nearly immediately. Good Life Project TV™ took off.
