Personal Finance > Financial Planning Tips for managing your finances successfully

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It's amazing how quickly a year goes past (unless you're six and waiting for a birthday, of course, which is probably the definition of time standing still!). It's also amazing how much can change in a year in terms of the financial world and your place within it. I've had the following changes in my past year: * Lost a job *... More..

Personal Finance > Managing Debt Get out of debt

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So, it's pretty bad huh? You know you have several credit cards, all with varying amounts on them, a small bank loan and perhaps you owe your sister some money too. You don't want to think about totaling it all up and looking at that figure, because that figure is *scary*. 1. All the self-help books (God bless Alvin Hall) wil... More..

Other Jokes from real life

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There you are, just about to sit down to your dinner, maybe with a forkful of food halfway to your mouth whenRINGRINGRING!How do they *know* when you are about to eat? Or go to the bathroom? Or the baby is almost asleep? Seriously, how do they KNOW?Over the years, in the spirit of "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade", ... More..

Entertainment > Music (Other) The importance of music in our lives

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"It's OK for you - you're musical..."AAaaaaaargh! No! No! NOOOOO! I can't begin to tell you how frustrated I get when someone tells either my husband or I that. That is not how life works.It seems to start early in life, from what I can tell. People start to label you when you get to school (if not before) and you get labelle... More..

Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) True gardening stories: The spouse and me, a funny/tragic/moving tale

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It must be wonderful to have a partner who loves gardening as much as you do. Someone who is motivated to help out with those pesky little garden jobs. You see, I don't have one of those. My husband is one of those who gets very enthusiastic to start with, and then goes off the boil a bit, leaving me to pick the pieces up. I'... More..

Parenting & Pregnancy > Childbirth & Labor Natural childbirth and home-birthing for non-hippies

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I'm a member of an elite club - I enjoyed every minute of childbirth. The best thing about this club is that membership is open to any woman who is prepared to put in a little work, research and faith to the subject of home-birthing.I should really come clean at this point and tell you that I've given birth twice, and it was ... More..

Business > Starting a Business How to establish a successful company from your home

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Potential. It's the thing that Real Estate Agents try to sell us on, and it's the thing that will enable you to build your successful home business. But what business should you be in?The first thing to do is to take a long hard look at what you have to offer. If you suffer from really poor self-esteem, I would suggest findin... More..

Business > Small & Home Business Growing your small business

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In order to grow your business, you have to get people to notice it. It sounds simple, but that's the part that people tend to forget. It is so easy to focus on what you will use your profits for, what bills you will pay off and what new goodies you could afford, that you forget the exchange of money is all about persuading s... More..

Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Life's obstacles that get in the way of your dreams

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I think everyone has dreams. Some people learn to bury them deeper than others, swamped by a lifetime of being told that dreaming isn't sensible, dreaming doesn't pay the rent, dreaming is a waste of time when you could be getting on with real life. Words can't express my contempt for these people - afraid to dream themselves... More..

Business > Entrepreneurship (Other) Procrastination: Causes & solutions

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I'm the Queen of Procrastination. Or I would be if I could motivate myself to go and pick up my crown Maybe I'll get it tomorrow instead.Seriously, I've begun to recognise procrastination as being a very serious case of self-sabotage. I wish I were a psycho-analyst, so I could get some kind of grip on WHY I put off the very t... More..

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