Articles Posted in the Mindset Category
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Why You Should Live Like You’re Poor {Even Though You’re Not}
I’m not a financial advisor and I’m not wealthy, let’s just get that straight. But common sense tells me that becoming wealthy is a lot like losing weight: Earn more than you spend, burn more calories than you eat. It’s simple math. Seems to me that until one can make this equation fit my life, [...]
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7 Ways to Keep Your New Years Resolutions
I don’t mean to sound like Miss Grumpy Pants at such a festive time of year, but hear me out. I don’t like New Years Resolutions, and I’ve stopped making them. People make them because they want to better themselves, which is all good and lovely. But it may be a little trickier than that. [...]
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6 Life Skills I’ll Teach my Children (When I Have Them)
1. The Art of Simplicity It’s funny how many life lessons I’ve learned through cooking. Take, for example, a true Italian dining experience. Most famous Italian chefs would agree that our food should be simple, and shouldn’t be masked by too many flavors or spices. It’s authentic, it’s simple, it’s not pretentious—it is what it [...]
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Self-Trust & Diets: Do you Trust Yourself?
I’m a big fan of the book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. At my “real job” (a corporate setting), I was heavily encouraged (forced) to learn about this book and spend lunch hours listening to seminars about it. Admittedly, I had a bad attitude about it at first. I had always thought this [...]
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1st World “Poor” vs. 3rd world “Poor”
Whenever I’m in a situation that I’m not sure how to handle, or if I’m trying to make a tough decision, I have a rule of thumb I try to maintain: Step back and look at the big picture. I mean the really big picture. I’m a human on this thing called Earth and [...]
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Broke & Vagabonding
I just bought a plane ticket to Paris. I’ll be there for 2 months and, out of those 2 months, I have 2 weeks planned. The rest of the time I’ll just wander about Europe and see where things take me. I made a joke about marrying a Spaniard and moving up to the [...]
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4 Confessions of a Healthy Food Blogger
This weekend I watched the documentary, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead on Netflix. I liked it. It challenged me in several ways and I felt pumped to drink a lot more fresh juice. But, like most food documentaries, it left me feeling guilty for not being a health food & fitness superstar. In the downward [...]
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Celebrate 100 Things in 100 Days
I’m sure you’re well aware of the Casey Anthony trial, the verdict, and all the controversy surrounding it. I’ll explain what little about it that I do know, if you haven’t heard already, but if you want more info, take a look at this Wikipedia page. Essentially what happened was this: A young mother was [...]
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“Keep Your Sanity” Articles Needed!
We’ve all had those depressing dinner table conversations. “How are we going to live on this budget?” “What are we doing to do?” “This country’s economy is going down the drain and we’re all going to Hell in a hand-basket!” There comes a point where your attitude determines your happiness, despite your circumstances. So, how [...]
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Breaking Dependence from Recipes and Using Common Sense
If I was ever cool enough to write a “cookbook”, this would be the subtitle. Look, I like recipes just as much as anyone else. In my spare time I’ll flip through magazines or browse websites looking for cool ideas. When I’m baking or cooking something complicated, that’s a different story, recipes are my friend. [...]
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Eating Healthy Impossible for the Poor?
Gonna take a break from recipes and post this article ABC posted about poor people eating healthy. I think it’s very interesting and deserves a read. Half the reason I write on this site is to prove to myself and others that eating healthy doesn’t have to be expensive, as you’ve already seen. I say [...]
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Broke & Unhealthy Gets You Nowhere
I weigh more than I should for my height. I’ve visited Taco Hell more than I should have. I love real butter and sweets. I’m not a dietitian. I don’t even have a college degree. I’m poor and “don’t have the time” to make “real food”. Because I have a full time job (well, I [...]
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