So far, I’ve blogged a couple of posts about saving, and how you can completely automate it. However, in a seemingly about-face in my philosophy of prudent saving, my previous post was about spending extravagantly on the things you love. My friend Paul told me that it might be a tad confusing for everyone, so […]
I used to joke that I should create a charity called the “Buy Lionel a Porsche Fund” and I’d pester people to donate to ‘a worthwhile cause’ (hey, it’s worthwhile to me). Even though it’s pretty unlikely you could get people to donate to your charity, there’s nothing to stop you from donating to it.
So I’ve been receiving a lot of feedback on my posts on saving, which is awesome because this shows that people are actually reading what I have to say. (When I started this blog, I had this fear that the only person who was going to read it was some drunk dude trying to google
Today’s TED Thursday features an awesomely eloquent and honest talk by Nigel Marsh on work-life balance. Most of the self-help / motivational / bullshit literature on work-life balance give you useless platitudes: “Go to the gym in the morning! Skip lunch so you can meet friends for dinner! Wear jeans to work! (Seriously, wtf) Sleep
The Big Picture had a great post yesterday on how to increase productivity by working like a sprinter. Several studies show that people are way more effective when they work in short bursts of 90 mins and take short breaks in between, as compared to forcing themselves to do tasks for long hours at a stretch.
Zen Habits has a great post today on creating a habit for fitness, but the advice can be applied to any resolution you’re making for the new year: “But resolutions never last. As you might already know, I’m not a fan of resolutions. Instead of creating a list of resolutions this year, create a new habit. Habits last,
