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To Save Money, Dine Out And Live It Up!

By Financial Samurai on January 28th 2012 in Personal Finance 2 comments

Can you survive on boiled eggs, toast, salads, and frozen dinners? Well sadly, that’s the extent of my cooking and I certainly can’t! OK, I exaggerate a little as I also know how to boil pasta and put some Prego on top, but beyond that, guests of Chef Sam aren’t in for a fine dining [...]

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Don’t Be In A Hurry To Leave School And Enter The Real World

By Financial Samurai on January 25th 2012 in Career 19 comments

Super Senior is to Superman like: A) Double Cheeseburger is to Happiness, B) College Is To Orgy, C) Binging Is To Barfing or D) All Of The Above. Who cares? It’s college baby, where the alcohol flows free and the ladies just want to say your name! If there are any high school or college [...]

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What To Do When You’ve Lost Your Wallet

By Sydney on January 23rd 2012 in Personal Finance 23 comments

One of the WORST feelings is the realization you’ve lost your wallet. Whether it fell out of your pocket on the bus never to be seen again, you got robbed, or have no recollection of where or when you had it last, they are all equally awful. I’ve misplaced my wallet dozens of times, and [...]

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Save Time And Eat Healthier With Easy Slow Cooker Recipes

By Sydney on January 20th 2012 in Health 19 comments

When you run your own business, juggle multiple jobs to pay off school debt, or are just plain swamped with life, it can be quite a challenge to eat healthy. Fast food is everywhere, constantly tempting us to stuff our faces so we can quickly curb our hunger and get back to our massive to [...]

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The Benefits of eTextbooks: More Than Just Saving Trees

By Sydney on January 18th 2012 in Untemplate 15 comments

I can’t count the number of times my parents and grandparents used to say to me as a kid “well when I was growing up we didn’t have xyz.” That really used to annoy me in my teenage years and I used to love to roll my eyes when they said that. Now that I’m [...]

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Not Saving For Retirement Is Like Jabbing Your Eyeballs With Needles

By Financial Samurai on January 15th 2012 in Personal Finance 17 comments

There is nobody on Earth I know who enjoys taking a needle and jabbing their eyeballs. I also don’t know anybody who takes pleasure in dropping a dumbbell on their bare toes. Doing either of these things is completely irrational. Given not saving is like jabbing your eyeballs with needles, it’s safe to say that [...]

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How To Get Published: Review of The Unconventional Guide To Publishing

By Sydney on January 11th 2012 in Entrepreneurship 7 comments

A lot of people, myself included, have dreams of writing a book someday and getting on the best seller list. There’s something magical about books and I’ve been fascinated with them ever since the days when my parents first read to me as a toddler. I love spending hours in the library browsing up and [...]

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Questions To Ask Before You Quit Your Job

By Sydney on January 9th 2012 in Career 20 comments

The first few months of the year are usually a hectic time when companies experience high periods of turnover. People are disappointed with their bonuses, or even lack of bonuses, and it can be a sensitive time for those who didn’t make it into the office wide promotions announcement. Emotions run high and you might [...]

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Interview With The Founder Of Giggle Gourmet: A Zesty New Food Line

By Sydney on January 5th 2012 in Entrepreneurship 18 comments

As you guys know, I have a lot of fitness and health goals in 2012 and am trying to eat more fresh foods on a daily basis. I’m a big fan of farmers markets and buy local produce twice a week on average, sometimes three times a week in the summer. I’ve noticed that in [...]

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