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How I chose my college
I am in the midst of writing a post on why it’s a good idea to set rules for decisions in advance. It’s becoming apparent that I have done this a lot in my life without even realizing it in the moment, so I’m going to give these situations the depth they deserve and give…
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Make Frequent Payments
This may seem to go completely against my earlier advice to pay annually, but that’s regarding expenses, not debt. If you’re as “in the dark” as was, then you may not realize that your credit card interest is calculated by the average balance over the month – assuming you did not pay it off. That…
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Make Annual Payments
When I realized that I was paying an extra $5/month for the “service” of paying for my car insurance monthly, I was surprised. Even worse was thinking about how long I had been doing this without paying attention. Paying for six months of car insurance isn’t any easy thing to just rip out of most of…
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Get Some Eye Glasses
Have you ever met someone that couldn’t see very well tell you that they are simply “not a see-er”? Or maybe they said “I’m a blinder”. What about “It’s hard for me to see”? Notice that I said “It’s hard for me to see” not “It’s hard for me to see without my glasses“. For the most…
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Clean Teeth, Strong Legs
I was lamenting to a former boss years ago that I was terrible at climbing hills on my bike – okay, on my own feet, too. It hurt which meant I hated it, so I avoided hills. His response: “If you hate it, then you should be doing it more” He was used to the fine-you-win…
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Imperfection: A Great Starting Point
I’m writing this first post for a blog that is, currently, 95% Word Press stock photos and filler text. The remaining writing (in the “About” section) is, at best, a guess of where this is going and, at worst, really just something I’m soap boxing about these days. If I waited until I felt that the…
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