The Race Is Long... » Interesting http://www.theraceislong.com Slow and Steady wins the race. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:02:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 How to start your day… http://www.theraceislong.com/2007/09/10/how-to-start-your-day/ http://www.theraceislong.com/2007/09/10/how-to-start-your-day/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:45:48 +0000 John http://www.theraceislong.com/2007/09/10/how-to-start-your-day/ I spotted this article over on the lifehack.org about how to start your day. I have to admit that I don’t follow any of these tips, but they certainly seem like a good idea. How to raise the odds that it’s going to be a fantastic day. Who would have thought that grabbing a pop-tart on the way out the door, probably wasn’t the best way to start the day?

On a side note… my digital scale broke over the weekend (no, not from excess weight) because I think the battery might be going dead. I am choosing to see this as a positive thing… now I won’t be obsessing about the pound or two fluctuations in my weight.

]]> http://www.theraceislong.com/2007/09/10/how-to-start-your-day/feed/ 2 What would you do with an extra $100 a week? http://www.theraceislong.com/2007/08/14/what-would-you-do-with-an-extra-100-a-week/ http://www.theraceislong.com/2007/08/14/what-would-you-do-with-an-extra-100-a-week/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:40:35 +0000 John http://www.theraceislong.com/2007/08/14/what-would-you-do-with-an-extra-100-a-week/ I’m all about penny-pinching… unfortunately, I’m also a slacker who rarely looks at his finances to see where he could scrimp or save. For example, it is quite possible that I could save a ton of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico, but I’ve been with the same insurance company for 20 years, and am just too big of a slacker to switch. Same with my web-hosting and various other services that I pay for on a monthly basis. I’ve found that I’d rather pay an extra $10 here and there, just so I don’t have to fill out any paperwork. Imagine all the money I could save if I just sat down and figured out where I could scrimp or save some money.

I found this article recently at Cashbulge.com that gives 13 Creative & Simple Ways to Save at Least $100 a Week. I happen to do a number of these things already, including saving my change, taking the train, and not having a home-phone line.

What would you do if you had an extra $100 a week?

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