motivation

EVO ’10: The Evolution of Me

July 2, 2010

EVO was amazing. I can’t say that enough. It was my first conference, and the bar has been set high I think. I am glad I spent my hard earned money on attending EVO with some help from Collective Bias (they sponsored my ticket, and helped some of us book a suite together which cut [...]

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New Year’s Financial Resolutions

January 6, 2010

During my giveaway for David Bach’s book I asked everyone to enter by telling me what your top financial resolution is for the year. I loved the responses so much, and wanted to share them with you. Save more My advice: If you are trying to save a certain amount or percentage have it automatically deducted [...]

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2010 is gonna rock!

January 2, 2010

photo credit: daveynin You may have noticed I disappeared over the holidays. I had planned to continue posting, but realized pretty quickly that if I was going to enjoy my holiday (and my rare time off for my husband) then I needed to put the computer and my iPhone down, and back slowly away. Slowly, [...]

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small rewards keep you going

October 12, 2009

photo credit: eirikso Monday is always a tough day. The girls go back to school, the hubby goes to work, and we start our weekly routines all over again. Having a “case of the Mondays” is common talk on Monday morning. (just look at twitter, or Facebook, and you’ll find someone lamenting about the day [...]

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surround yourself with success

June 23, 2009

photo credit: cyanocorax The key to success is surrounding yourself with the right kind of people. This is true for any area you are focused on in your life. If you’re an entrepreneur  having friends and acquaintances who own or aspire to own their own businesses is a huge boon. Losing weight and getting fit [...]

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just keep swimming, just keep swimming

May 11, 2009

If you’re visiting from The Money Hacks Carnival- Welcome! Please stop by my About Me page, my Media page, and consider subscribing to my RSS feed. You can also follow me on twitter. Thanks for stopping by! photo credit: Silvio Tanaka First, let me say a Happy Belated Mother’s Day to all the moms out [...]

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passwords as motivators

April 30, 2009

Lifehacker posted yesterday about a hack for staying motivated to reach goals by using passwords that include your goals. This is something I started doing about 6 months ago. I reached one of my goals (taking a vacation to San Francisco with my husband) before I expected to!

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taming fear

February 9, 2009

Some days, like today I wake up in a mood. (okay well most days I do, I’ll admit I’m not a morning person anymore)  I have been looking over the next few months of bills/budgets and trying to figure out where our extra money should go. When I look at the numbers all tallied up [...]

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