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Every week, I review a different book on The Simple Dollar (those reviews appear on Sunday afternoons, for those who are new to the site). Over the years, that’s amounted to a lot of book reviews – 259 as of today. Here’s a full list of all of the books I’ve reviewed on The Simple Dollar.
Obviously, I don’t currently own all of these books – 259 such books would overstuff a bookshelf. What I find myself doing instead is keeping them around for a bit to see if I return to them as any sort of reference, and if…
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Once or twice a day, I go into my bedroom, turn down the lights, lay on the bed, and look up at the ceiling. I start off by reflecting on a small handful of things that have really brought me significant joy in the past few days. After a few minutes of that, I focus entirely on emptying my mind for a while, and once that’s done, I just drift without anything in my mind. Sometimes thoughts drift in and out of my head – sometimes they don’t. Sometimes I doze off for a bit – other times, I don’t.…
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Every Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal finance book or other book of interest.
Over the last several years, I’ve begun to appreciate how much easier life is if you have less stuff. You spend less time and effort on maintenance. You spend less time and effort moving. You spend less time and effort organizing your stuff and cleaning. What you’re left with is more time and energy and financial resources to actually enjoy the experiences and things that matter to you. It’s much easier to find an hour to practice on the piano if I’m not spending all…
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This is the thirteenth entry in a fourteen part series discussing the time management classic Getting Things Done by David Allen. New entries in this series will appear on Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings through July 16.
It is easy to set big, audacious goals for ourselves like “spend more time with our kids” or “get our finances in the right order.” The big problem, though, is that such goals often seem enormous and vague. What can you really do to make these things happen?
Allen touches on this on page 250:
“Create a way to regularly spend more time…
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By Linsey Knerl
This article shares tips from the newest episode of Dealista, our new podcast that'll help you get more for less. Click play to listen, or subscribe via iTunes to take the episode with you!
Everybody loves free stuff, provided it’s actually at no cost to you. Finding it can be a challenge, however. We hook you up with a few great resources and some trustworthy tips for getting even more of the freebies you love!
What’s a Freebie?
In a nutshell, it’s something you get for nothing — with the exception of your time or energy. Some…
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A reader asked me if I could ggestions into a handful of guidelines. Subsequent some cautious believed, I arrived up with a checklist of fourteen basic “rules” that summarize my cash and existence philosophy. I’ll be presenting these as a weekly sequence.
All through my existence, I’ve discovered that there are two sorts of people. one group seems to be continuously bored, idling absent their days and waiting for existence to arrive to them. The other group does the opposite – they’re continuously hectic, truly feel like there aren’t sufficient hrs in the day, and are out there chasing existence.…
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About a week in the prior, J.D. more than at Get Wealthy Gradually posted an article about >>>>the distinction in between higher earnings earners and reduced earnings earners
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A reader asked me if I could eas into a handful of rules. Correct following some cautious believed, I arrived up with a checklist of fourteen fundamental “rules” that summarize my cash and existence philosophy. I’ll be presenting these as a weekly sequence.
1 of the preliminary issues I did when I started turning my financial scenario about is to begin keeping track of my net truly worth more than time. Each and every week (and later on on every and and each and month), I calculated the worth of all of my home, all my debts, and the distinction…
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