Bubelah doesn’t care for the word “frugal.” Her opinion is that it combines the virtues of being resourceful, buying quality items to avoid replacing them, and saving on unnecessary purchases with the vices of a poverty mindset and denying yourself too much in the present for a future that may or may not occur. I [...] Read more »
how to work from home with small kids
My consulting contract ended last Wednesday, right before the Thanksgiving holiday, and with no new contract lined up I’m working from home as a problogger. I’ve learned a few lessons about working at home with kids already. As of now my “work from home” has consisted of working on this blog, but I’ve started working [...] Read more »
the big social media post
I’m not entirely sold on the “social media” thing, but I’m trying it all out. I give almost every new service that drifts across my radar a shot. I love StumbleUpon and del.icio.us; I’m less sold on the value of some of the other services. That having been said, I recognize Twitter’s reach and FriendFeed’s [...] Read more »
learning to let go, part 2
I talked about learning to let go before, in the context of letting go of stuff. It’s easy to get attached to stuff. People keep the tchotke from their wedding, that special mug from the first time they visited Cleveland and the wedding program of their 8th-best friend. But the hardest thing to let go, [...] Read more »
getting one thing done
As part of my 6-posts-in-one-day assault, I thought I would address my latest productivity attempt. I find that I am an excellent list-maker and sorter, but I have the usual trouble getting things done. I have decided recently that the focus has to be on getting one thing done per day. Pick a random item [...] Read more »
6 ways to become famous
About a month ago, before I started problogging, I was walking in midtown Manhattan when I saw a strange sight: a young woman walking down the street singing at the top of her lungs. She was not particularly striking, but she looked about the same as most of the current pop stars if you took [...] Read more »
