July 2007

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07.24.07

Techniques that Guarantee Career Happiness career, kitchen sink, life hacking, lifestyle, self help | (1)
Every Tuesday is Kitchen Sink day at Living Behind the Curve. I'm a tad bit preoccupied with my career these days, and I find myself devoting a hefty chunk of time each day to preparing myself for the changes ahead. Leaving a job that I like is hard, and starting a new job is scary. I've been fortunate enough to have a long string of positions I've been happy in. While I know that a lot of that has to do with the places I've been and the co-workers I've had, I believe that a good part of it ...
07.23.07

Eschewing Insurance and Cashing out the 401(k), Part 1 career, frugality, goals, health and fitness, insurance, intents and purchases, personal finance, retirement | (8)
Every Monday is Intents and Purchases day at Living Behind the Curve. Health insurance is one of those must-haves, right? Everybody needs it, and living without it can be devastating... except when it's not. When I made the decision to look for part-time work, I had to take a very hard look at not only our finances, but also how I would take care of my health (Mer's company doesn't offer Domestic Partner coverage.) I did some research into self-insurance, and then sat Mer down in front of the whiteboard a little over a week ago to spew ...
07.22.07

Fire Up Your Browser, It’s Carnival Time Again! blog carnivals, carnival of personal finance, festival of frugality, frugality, personal finance, software | (1)
Just a couple for you folks this week. First on the list is 109th Carnival of Personal Finance, hosted this time by Cap over on Mint Blog. Some of my favorite posts include Don’t Pay For Identity Theft Insurance, Here’s How To Protect Yourself For Free, which does exactly what it says, Financial Blogs: Overcoming The Poverty of Attention is a marvelously brainy attempt to find quality financial blogs, and since this weekend Harry Potter mania hit a new and final high, there's Frugality, Morality & Harry Potter. We threw An Emergency Fund in Action: Our $500 Weekend into the ...
07.20.07

I’m Sorry, But Your Mother Was Right eleven things, frugality, goat-free simplicity, health and fitness, lifestyle, self help | (3)
Every Friday is 11 Things day at Living Behind the Curve. Are you feeling run down? Tired? Do you have that not-so-fresh feeling? Are you avoiding your friends and coworkers because you are certain that if someone so much as thinks of coughing in the same room as you, you're going to get sick? You could say that the common cold or depression is the great health blight upon the modern world, but I say that it's generalized malaise -- I don't know about the rest of the world, but we Americans don't take care of ourselves at all, and we ...
07.19.07

Honesty, Simplicity, and the Tao of Job-Seeking goals, goat-free simplicity, simplicity | (0)
Every Thursday is Goat-Free Simplicity day at Living Behind the Curve. My stress levels lately have been through the roof -- the new entry on my to-do list, "find a new job", doesn't exactly encourage gentle relaxation. Unwilling to lose sight of my goals for daily living, however, I've made some small (and some not-so-small) changes to my patterns and routines that minimize the stress while maximizing the experience. The first breakthrough came when I realized that the one thing I want most from a new job is time. I focused my search on local companies (within a 5-mile radius) and opened ...

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