Comments on: irie http://www.bripblap.com/irie/ thoughtful personal finance, career and health advice Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:46:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JHS http://www.bripblap.com/irie/comment-page-1/#comment-16355 JHS Sun, 11 May 2008 16:21:25 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/2008/irie/#comment-16355 Thanks for participating in this week's <a href="http://www.jhsiess.com/carnival-family-life/" rel="nofollow">Carnival of Family Life</a>, hosted at <a href="http://www.take2max.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">Write from Karen</a>! Be sure to stop by on Monday, May 12, 2008, and peruse the other wonderful articles included in this week's edition! Thanks for participating in this week’s Carnival of Family Life, hosted at Write from Karen! Be sure to stop by on Monday, May 12, 2008, and peruse the other wonderful articles included in this week’s edition!

]]> By: Friday Night Linkage | Remodeling This Life http://www.bripblap.com/irie/comment-page-1/#comment-16254 Friday Night Linkage | Remodeling This Life Sat, 10 May 2008 01:55:19 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/2008/irie/#comment-16254 [...] Irie from BripBlap [...] [...] Irie from BripBlap [...]

]]> By: No Debt Plan http://www.bripblap.com/irie/comment-page-1/#comment-16150 No Debt Plan Thu, 08 May 2008 13:47:31 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/2008/irie/#comment-16150 I like to call this "don't forget to live". It is simply impossible to cut everything at all times. Go for an ice cream cone. Enjoy life a bit. Just not too much. :) I like to call this “don’t forget to live”. It is simply impossible to cut everything at all times. Go for an ice cream cone. Enjoy life a bit. Just not too much. :)

]]> By: Ron@TheWisdomJournal http://www.bripblap.com/irie/comment-page-1/#comment-16139 Ron@TheWisdomJournal Thu, 08 May 2008 11:08:22 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/2008/irie/#comment-16139 When I went through Consumer Credit Counseling Services, we were required to draw up a budget. I dutifully went home and started going through the process. Line items I left at zero were "entertainment" and "dining out," reasoning that these were too superfluous and wasteful. When I returned for my second meeting (hello, my name is Ron and I'm a debtaholic), the counselor mildly scolded me for NOT putting something in these categories. "When people don't budget for fun," she said, "they easily become discouraged and give up. You must 'pay yourself first' and part of that payment is to enjoy your life." Through their years of experience and with tens of thousands of people going through the program, they had learned that eating out at least once per month and making a couple go to a movie would cause them to stick with the program. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy! Great post! When I went through Consumer Credit Counseling Services, we were required to draw up a budget. I dutifully went home and started going through the process. Line items I left at zero were “entertainment” and “dining out,” reasoning that these were too superfluous and wasteful. When I returned for my second meeting (hello, my name is Ron and I’m a debtaholic), the counselor mildly scolded me for NOT putting something in these categories. “When people don’t budget for fun,” she said, “they easily become discouraged and give up. You must ‘pay yourself first’ and part of that payment is to enjoy your life.” Through their years of experience and with tens of thousands of people going through the program, they had learned that eating out at least once per month and making a couple go to a movie would cause them to stick with the program.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!

Great post!

]]> By: Chris http://www.bripblap.com/irie/comment-page-1/#comment-16096 Chris Wed, 07 May 2008 14:12:52 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/2008/irie/#comment-16096 Great :) Great :)

]]> By: Laura http://www.bripblap.com/irie/comment-page-1/#comment-16090 Laura Wed, 07 May 2008 13:46:12 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/2008/irie/#comment-16090 You make a great point, and I totally agree! :) You make a great point, and I totally agree! :)

]]> By: Emily http://www.bripblap.com/irie/comment-page-1/#comment-16084 Emily Wed, 07 May 2008 12:11:19 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/2008/irie/#comment-16084 Love it! Love it!

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