Okay. Enough is enough. The drought is over. We get it already.
I don’t know about you, but my yard is drenched. The amount of rain it’s received in the last few days has been incredible! Thank goodness I’m on a hill.
While I’m throwing a life preserver to the pairs of animals marching down my street to that great big boat in my neighbor’s yard, check out these great reads from my friends around the blogosphere.
The Fab Five
America is the NO vacation nation @ Wise Bread. Do you use all your vacation time each year? I manage to, but many of my colleagues don’t. Not only that, but companies in other very advanced nations give their employees HUGE amounts of vacation time. Maybe we could learn a few things about recharging our batteries.
The Entrepreneur Fund: one year of projected expenses @ Frugal Dad. As Jason makes more and more progress toward becoming debt free, his thoughts are turning toward striking out on his own. Here’s one part of his plan.
The Price Placebo Effect: Are you a victim too? @ Lazy Man and Money. Seems that it’s easy to convince someone of any item’s value by simply telling them it was expensive. I’ve fallen for it too. How ‘bout you?
10 Attributes of the perpetually broke @ Bible Money Matters. I noticed something in the picture that went along with this article: the wallet, though empty of cash, appears to have a few credit cards.
Top 10 consumer complaints and how to protect yourself @ Cash Money Life. I have personal experience with numbers 1, 2, 7, and 10. Patrick says that the top 3 are the same ones from last year. It appears that we really do need to take his advice on how to protect ourselves.
The Best of the Rest
- 10 Easiest Ways to Save Money @ Christian PF
- Returning the Pleasure to Meal Preparation @ On Simplicity
- Tips for Eating Out on a New Job @ Green Panda Treehouse
- How to Get Out of Your Cell Phone Contract @ Five Cent Nickel
- Be a Role Model Like It or Not @ My Supercharged Life
- Simple IRA Retirement Plan for the Self-Employed @ My Dollar Plan
- Once a Month Cooking: Tips and Resources @ Organizing Your Way
- 7 Lessons Learned from a Failed Attempt to Refinance a Mortgage @ The Dough Roller
- 5 Steps to Optimize Your Freelance Job Search @ Mrs Micah
- The Problem With Mass Transit @ Gather Little By Little
Enjoy the links!
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You can convince someone of an items value by telling them it was expensive? Thanks for the tip sounds like that old NLP quotes technique
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Thanks for the mention.
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Thanks for the link, Ron!
That price placebo article is interesting. We actually had that experience just yesterday. The screen on my main laptop went out, and I had to buy a new one because working on a netbook just isn’t gonna cut it. Well, I found an Acer with amazing reviews, but I had to convince my husband it was worth buying because it was SO inexpensive. Even though every reviewer said it was an incredibly good laptop for the price, he thought we should buy the more expensive model…just because. I finally won that argument — er, discussion — and my cheap laptop is on its way (now, let’s just hope I’m actually right…).
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