self help

07.03.07

Frugality For One: Can A Single Person Eat Frugally? freezer cooking, frugality, kitchen sink, lifestyle, recipes, self help | (2)
Every Tuesday is Kitchen Sink day at Living Behind the Curve. Yesterday at PFAdvice, a reader named RobertL wanted to know: I’m single male and I keep reading that it’s less expensive to cook your own food. I would love to save money, but I find that it is almost always cheaper to buy prepared food. What am I doing wrong and am I missing something? Is the advice only meant for those with families and not for a single person living on his own? What is the best way for somebody who is single to save money while still preparing nutritionally ...
06.28.07

Self-Esteem: It’s No Secret goat-free simplicity, lifestyle, self help, simplicity | (0)
Every Thursday is Goat-Free Simplicity day at Living Behind the Curve. New age self help gets it wrong. As an industry, it seems to be of the consistent opinion that if you start feeling better about yourself, good things will happen. This is is a very popular opinion, but it's backwards. I ran across a video on the net of the episode Oprah did about The Secret. I've heard quite a lot of people talking about it, mostly in very unflattering terms, so I checked it out. The Secret, it seems, is visualization. Fake it till you make it. Affirmations. ...

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