Reserving at least one ‘expensive’ ‘experience’. It might be going to an expensive restaurant or tour, but something to look forward to.

I can't lie, it always dings my nerves when I see vegetables cooked by the 'professionals', because I prefer pretty much all of them tender, I don't like my beans to have a crunch, I want the sauce that I've built to be the feature, not the every day vegetables that I cook everyday. My asparagus is the same way, I…

Son of a now retired high school teacher (mostly special ed and english), and son of a “sometimes” college professor (electrical engineering), married to an elementary school teacher (3-5).

Not trying to troll, but the best way to save money is to simply not go.

Can't overstate "The Loop" enough.

I don’t know if it can be spooned into ‘one piece’ of advice, but I would school them on the totality of finances. By studying/understanding them early on, it changes so much, from college expenses, to savings, to investments, etc. We could argue for years about the true worth of college, there are simply too many…

The difference is simple - almond milk has better flavoring than soy milk, without going "full milk/yogurt". There is always a way to cut further, but the goal should be to cut and maintain a tasty flavor profile. I can frankly drink almond milk straight up, I can't do that with soy.

Pretty much this. Heck even pizza isn't directly 'bad', its what you throw on top where things start to add up...oh and portions.

When I've talked to others trying to lose weight, EVERYONE runs (no pun intended) to cardio. Because of my background - when I was in shape, I was doing strength training, and studied it heavily. I was ironically doing it for basketball (I was our center) which is an endurance sport, so cardio is important, but my…

What killed me when I tried a high veggie/fruit diet was simply cost. Those have so much water in them that it was as if I was just 'drinking' fruit, so while veggies are low cal, fruits are high sugars, so you end up spending a ton of money on sugar water and fiber. You HAVE to develop a balance.

I think the biggest thing really is the bezel of the multiple screens. Not just does it function has an obvious ‘separator of information’, but it functions like one. If I have a report I’m working on, I can open up excel in my vertical one, click the maximize button, and I’m ‘done’, and then I can do the same with my…

Write. No it won’t solve world hunger tomorrow, but seriously, grab a pencil, grab a notebook, and just start writing your thoughts down. It doesn’t have to be ON the problem or subject at hand, but just ‘writing’ starts to turn things inside out and lead to “solutions” when idea hunting.

Way more info than needed (no disrespect meant). It can ALL be summed up really as “if you don’t know something or how to do something, look it up via Google/Wikipedia/DIY Website, and don’t be afraid to explore the various ins and out”. Those sites are all ‘rabbit holes’ for me. I click one link, and anything that I…

You do and you don’t. It’s great at first on a ground level, but it leads to burn out and dis-illusion about your art/craft. I’m at the point now, where ‘yes’ I can master my album, but when its ready, I’m sending it to someone else to master, I’d rather pay someone to do the work. If I could, I’d pay for a studio…

Changing faucets its on my "Honey.Do.List()" We bought our house last year and I hate pretty much every faucet in the house. HAven't researched how to do it, after jogging through this, maybe I'll give it a whirl

It's not me, its how my wife used to operate. As a teacher she didn't get paid during the summer and used her tax refund to make sure she could make it through the summer, I came along disagreeing with that principle, instead practicing "just save some damn money", and she just likes still getting the big check as a…

Yeah, I'm with experts, use it for a financial goal. Depending on situation, it maybe a nice 'chunk' of change (we usually get back upwards of 5k), so I'll take a small amount for 'fun', enough for a good date or something, then the rest will go towards something financial, sometimes, an amount will be splintered off…

I agree and disagree with making a "list". "I" make a list, but a lot of people get even more paralyzed when they see how long the list gets, others use the list to rationalize procrastination. In a weird way I stumbled over a compromise/better solution. I do music and had some issues with "getting it going" since…

I get lost when people start dividing up car types by size. I have an Acura TL, I guess its a mid-size, but what quantifies as a large sedan?

I'm not in the same boat (honestly, no pun intended), as a fisherman, but the recent discussions about the wastefulness of K-cups and me being more reuser than recycler (not saying I don't recycle, just I reuse first), have me in the process of doing seedlings in the kitchen with k-cups, and retreating the soil in my…