Quick Note from Your Name
Put your personal note here. No more than 150 words. Ideally this note will be personal.Make sure the text in the bottom article does not flow onto the next page.Following is some sample text to use as a model:
Summer is here, thank goodness! I wasn’t sure we were ever going to thaw out this year. Our family is gearing up for a vacation to the Schlitterbahn in New Braunfels, Texas—I love it because we can do a float trip on a river and enjoy bratwurst in the evening. I also get to visit some old friends, so the trip does double duty for me.
My real estate business is floating along, too. I've just gone through a rigorous real estate investment program, so if you've got questions about what you should (and shouldn't) do to invest in real estate, call me up! Let's do coffee. Talk to you soon.
The Agreeable Husband
Several men are in a golf club locker room. A mobile phone rings. A man reaches down to the bench, picks up the phone and answers. "Yes, I can talk," he says. "You're shopping? That's nice."
The other men in the locker room smile to each other.
"You want to order those new carpets? Okay. And they'll include the curtains for an extra five thousand? Sure, why not?"
More smiles among the men. A few raised eyebrows.
"You want to book a week on Necker Island? They're holding the price at two thousand? If that's what you want, it’s okay with me."
Smiles turn to expressions of envy and surprise.
"Okay, see you later. Yes, love you too," says the man, ending the call. He looks at the other men and says, "Anyone know whose phone this is?
A man who was afraid of heights decided to conquer his fear by going rock climbing. A guide was on hand to help him, but as he was dangling from the edge of the cliff, he looked down. The sight of the long drop made him freeze.
The guide gave him some simple advice: “Don’t look where you don’t want to go.” By this simple twist on a familiar goal-setting meme ("focus on where you want to go"), the man was able to complete his climb.
The following Monday at work, the man remembered his mountaineering advice. He had been stressing about all the stuff he didn’t like about his work: his boss, his effectiveness, his job duties, his co-workers. His efforts to fix things at work just made him feel anxious.
After his climbing trip, he realized he was, metaphorically speaking, staring directly down the mountain at work—looking only where he didn’t want to go. He resolved to “see” only things he enjoyed about his work for the entire day.
The result? He found himself relaxing more, getting along with his boss, and getting more done.
Next time you find yourself buried in pessimism…give yourself a break and stop focusing on what you don’t like. Replace each negative thought with a positive one. It may not fix your problems, but you’ll probably feel better.
Try a Spending Fast
Street.com asked some financial planners for their best tips on living within a budget.One suggestion that sounds intriguing is declaring a moratorium on spending. The same way that fasting from eating helps reset your food balance, fasting from spending helps reset your money balance.
It’s simple...but probably not easy.
Commit to spending absolutely no money for one day per month. Then try stretching to two or three days.You’ll discover how much money you spend without thinking, and you’ll break yourself of the habit of reaching for your wallet on impulse.You may also find you can do without a lot of things you thought you needed.
The Nautical Origin of Rummage Sales
Whether you call it a garage sale, rummage sale, or yard sale, you are doing the same thing...selling your unwanted possessions for small change.
You may not know that yard and garage sales really got their start in shipyards in the early 1800’s with “rummage" or "rommage" sales, where shipping companies would sell unclaimed cargo at a discount.
The word rummage comes from the Middle French word arrumage, which meant the "arrangement of cargo in a shop's hold." The associated verb was arrumer "to stow goods in the hold of a ship."
In the 1600's, the term came to mean "to closely search the hold of a ship, especially by moving things about."
Then in the 1800's ships began to hold popular "rummage/rommage" sales, though by now the cargo was unloaded from the hold before the sale. (The words rommage and rummage are phonetic differences, like po-tay-to/po-tah-to.)
In the late 1800’s, rommage sales moved to community centers like churches. Then in the 1950's and 1960's, they became what we know them as today...rummage, yard, and garage sales.
DIY: 7 Quick Kitchen Updates
- Choose 3 complimentary colors and update everything you can to match, like paint, towels, rugs, canisters, and curtains.
- Change your cabinet and drawer pulls.
- Add rope lighting under or over your upper cabinets.
- Paint your refrigerator (or an unused wall) with chalkboard paint. Use colorful chalk to write a quote each day or week.
- Add a new backsplash using stick-on tile.
- Replace the faucet with something ultra-modern.
- Add some kitchen-relevant art, such as a café painting.
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