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March 2009

Mar
25
2009

A Simple Way to Boost Motivation

In any long-term pursuit worth accomplishing, it’s often difficult to maintain a significant level of motivation for long.  The first few days after outlining a big goal or starting a new habit are always easy, and it feels as if we’ll get to where we want to go easily. 
 
The initial strong burst of motivation […]

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Mar
18
2009

Things Not to Cut

In response to the recent economic conditions, people are cutting back in many, many ways.  For the most part, this is good; America desperately needed to examine our spending ways and trim the fat.
 
Expenses that drain the bank without giving us much real value should automatically get the boot when tightening the reins.  We can […]

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Mar
12
2009

Spring Break on the Cheap

 
 
Simpson’s spring break is this week, and my roommate and I just got back from our trip.  Rather than going to Cancun or Florida to kill some brain cells, we opted to head west, driving through Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and South Dakota before arriving back in Iowa.  We were definitely in the small […]

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Mar
4
2009

SNL Tried to Warn Us…

Who needs Suze Orman and Dave Ramsey to preach financial responsibility?  I recently saw a hilarious Saturday Night Live skit that, in a little over two minutes,  largely sums up why we are in such a financial mess right now.  ‘Don’t Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford’, which originally aired in February of 2006, is a […]

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