The truth is this sort of simple plan just flat out works. In this case the devil is not in the details, it’s in the execution. You started with a simple fact. How much should I be eating to neither gain nor lose weight? 2500 kcal/day. The next step is: How much less than that should I eat to lose 1lb/week? ~500 kcal.…

You should probably have a drink to ease those worries...

This is great advice! Cashiers are usually bored as hell and you have to spend 2 minutes awkwardly not making eye contact anyway, so why not see if whatever comes to mind makes things more or less awkward! “Hey there, I see you have some gold stars around your name tag, nice job!” “Hey wouldn’t it be funny if the…

Love love love. I just had a son and his name is Ness. ^_^

This is a tough one, there is nothing harder on your self-confidence than sitting at home all day trying to find a job. I had a 6 month job search, and even with an amazingly supportive spouse and family, I felt terrible about myself and my relationships suffered. The quote that got me through was “If you are going…

I LOVE thinking about things in life as a pendulum. Always swinging back and forth. Sad that great times can slowly fade into mediocre times, but incredibly hopeful that the worst times will slowly get better. What I love to add to this analogy is that life is even more like a wave. There are highs and lows but you get…

This is very true, but also nervewracking if you have a desirable skillset. As a software engineer over the course of 18 months I consistently get calls from recruiters and sometimes they turn into job offers with higher pay. Even then you have to balance what you have now against just chasing $$$. I usually try and…

Here’s a tip, use things for their intended purpose!

You are asking the right question. The key is to set financial goals. What do you want to do? Personally, I enjoy working, I enjoy not thinking about money every day, and I want to retire at 60. From this I created financial goals to maximize my income from work, and get to a point where my bill payments, savings, and…

The last one is such a great way to tame the know-it-all tendencies. Being able to admit you are wrong, and realizing that hey, before I spit out some garbage maybe I should think for a second about if I actually know anything about the subject in question, is what really leads to minimizing the urge to come off as…

For me, time worrying about finances is directly related to how close to the edge I am. When week in, week out was paycheck to paycheck, every decision was a financial one. Want to join a friend for a drink? Drive to a far away park? Relax instead of hustle? the stress of having to run a cost benefit on every decision…

Yeah, if you ever go to Sweden, people are like “Oh hello kind sir, welcome to the glorious country of Sweden, I hope you will endeavor to embark on a tour of our gastronomical delights while you ponder the magnificence of our breathtaking scenery, and please excuse my terrible English, really it’s embarrassing how…

I’m also very forgetful of interesting tidbits that I want to interject in a conversation, and I also know how interrupting can bring a conversation to a screeching halt. So, what to do? I try my best to repeat my witty (says me) comment in my head so I can remember it when there is an appropriate break. If I’m…

It is good to try and keep your anxiety about your financial situation at a manageable level. Money doesn’t buy happiness, but it does pay to get rid of a lot of things that make us unhappy.

It’s a delicate balance isn’t it? Staying committed long enough to reach the kind of goals and achievements that bring real lasting happiness, while not getting bored with the often repetitive consistency it takes to get there.

Take frozen chicken drumsticks and potatoes camping with you. Cut up the potatoes, and put the potatoes and drumsticks in a foil pan and just cover them in seasoning. Any salty chicken seasoning will do, just put a lot of it in there, like half a shaker. Cover the pan in tin foil and put directly in the camp fire for…

Sounds Grate! (sorry if that was cheesy (sorry again))

Thank you for this! Am looking into a mortgage now and hadn’t even realized there was a difference!

As you noted, a key is mindfulness. For me this is setting an intention for the conversation. The intention that works best for me, as the goal of a conversation, is to make the other person feel comfortable. This helps me focus on their conversation as well as other cues, and takes me out of myself and relieves me…

This gets to the heart of why you are working. Are you working on your passion? for the money? To kill time? To meet other’s expectations? and yes, are you working for the prestige? Hopefully prestige is just a small part of why you do what you do, and you may be more productive working on something you really feel is…