Say No To Bitterness…Tips To Improve Your 9 to 5 Work Life
In my earlier post “How Not To Be That Bitter, Old Person In The Corner Cubicle“, I linked bitterness with the mid-life crisis. The longer you’re in the work force, the more crap you encounter, the...
View ArticleRandom Bits Of Good Advice
By the time you’re 40ish, or been around long enough, you’ve been on the receiving end of tons of advice — some good, some not so good or at least not applicable to your life. I thought that I would...
View ArticleA Male Perspective On Work/Life Balance
I am reading “This is How” by Augusten Burroughs of “Running with Scissors” fame. This is both a self-help book and a parody of traditional self-help, and pretty funny, too. One chapter focuses on...
View ArticleHow To Be Unhappy
I can’t write much about being happy, as my normal state is definitely not upbeat or cheerful. However, after reading the fantastic and funny “This is How” by Augusten Burroughs, I was inspired to...
View ArticleUseless Financial Advice
The June 2012 issue of Smartmoney magazine featured two popular types of finance articles – a how-to piece about saving money on health care and an interview with a policy expert about rethinking...
View ArticleMost Useful Chore Advice Ever
Recently, in separate conversations with two different friends, the subject of laundry came up. I mentioned that my husband and I both do our own laundry. One woman was amazed that I had somehow...
View ArticleHas A Comment Ever Changed Your Final Decision?
When you blog regularly, it’s common to ask readers for advice for everything from financial to purchases to travel decisions. Is crowdsourcing the term? I’m too lazy to look it up. The reason I’m...
View ArticleAn Extra Hour Per Day!
As a result of our move, I’ve gain about an extra hour per day — half an hour in the mornings and half an hour in the evenings. Even though we moved over a month ago, I haven’t done anything …...
View ArticleI Had A Post About Working Mom Guilt
I’ve written about working mother guilt countless times. And I like reading and commenting on posts and articles on that issue, too. I feel it’s important for women to stop beating themselves over...
View ArticleFrugal Substitutes: The Master Chart
The idea of finding frugal substitutes for expensive wants turned from a comment, courtesy of reader and commenter Debbie M, to a full-fledged post at grumpy rumblings. Here’s the excerpt from that...
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