20 Tips for coping with stress

I suggest avoiding stress when possible. But if you can’t do that, here are some tips to help you cope.

Get up 15 minutes earlier Prepare for the morning the night before Don’t rely on memory, write it [...]

Dave Ramsey on our national debt 13 trillion dollars

Dave says it best. It took the entire history of the United States until the year 2008 to get to $9 Trillion dollars in debt. In the last 2 years, we added 50% more to this number, which [...]

Book review- No More Mondays by Dan Miller

The full title of this book is: No More Mondays. Fire yourself and other revolutionary ways to discover your true calling at work.

If you don’t know who Dan Miller is, learn more about him at 48days.com.

Dan [...]

20 Ideas for making extra money

If you stop and think about it, there are lots of ways to make extra money. As long as you are not afraid to work. Opportunities are all around us if we just open our eyes and look [...]

How much should you tip at a restaurant?

How much of a tip should you leave when dining out? Should you leave nothing if the service was bad? Here is what I do. I’ve never given much thought as to whether it’s right or wrong. [...]

Are you playing the blame game?

It’s easy to blame others for our unhappiness or misfortunes in life. A good example is the BP oil spill. Everyone is pointing fingers. One article I recently read was blaming George W. Bush, even though he’s been [...]

Vacation time!

On day 2 of my 4 days off from job #1, my main job. A break from the daily grind. No big plans other than visit my niece and nephew today who are 9 and 5. Hanging out [...]

How to downgrade wordpress from 3.0 to 2.9.2

Okay, you upgraded from 2.9.2 to wordpress 3.0 but want to go back to version 2.9.2?

This is what I did, and it worked. Hope this helps someone else out.

1. Backup everything. I mean everything.

2. [...]

10 ways to score points with your boss

Another title for this post could be How to keep your job during tough times.

These days, no one has a guaranteed job forever. But these tips can help keep you out of the unemployment line.

Be customer [...]

Suze Orman bad advice?

I don’t care for her personally, but I was curious what sort of advice she is giving. A friend gave me one of her books so I decided to skim through it. Here is one thing she says [...]