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My husband is rushing to finish his degree in computer science.
He is already working in his field, the degree is self-paced, and his job is relatively secure. But out of nowhere he has attained a laser like focus on finishing his degree as quickly as possible.
He has only several classes to go until he will be the first in his family to hold a degree of higher learning.
This is a guest post by Kip de Moll of Zen and The Art of the Midlife Crisis.
It takes a lot of work for a man to stand before other men and admit that he has been abused by a woman; even harder, I learn, to admit it to himself.
In the middle of the night, rain tattering on the cabin roof, and all other men snoring, I sit hopelessly awake, transfixed by the truth of my reality. Fifty men surround me at a weekend workshop in Massachusetts, but despite the safe container for healing that has been created by these compassionate souls, I feel very much alone. Carefully, I climb from my bunk and head to the mess hall where I can sit with light and ponder the enormity of revelations sweeping through my aching heart.
Every once in a while we come across lists of ways to cut costs and get frugal. And while I personally love those lists, the fact of the matter is that the easiest way to cut costs is to not incur them in the first place!
Photo by hill.josh
Paying bills on time to avoid late fees, ensuring your bank account is never overdrawn (and thus avoiding overdraft charges), never going over your credit limit are all ways to nix unnecessary fees.
But there is a top secret method of saving money that rarely gets mentioned…
With our impending (though temporary) relocation to Tennessee, it’s been crunch time in the Love Bungalow. We’ve needed to make some major decisions, decisions that will substantially impact our life.
One of those decisions has been what to do with the Love Bungalow while we are away. At first we discussed my staying behind but neither of us were happy with that. Not only is time an unknown quantity (we anticipate over half a year) but we simply don’t want to spend that much time apart.
Most people believe that candy is bad for you. (I may or may not be one of these people.) But some candy goes beyond being bad for you. Some candy is toxic from pure awfulness.
Photo by Mateoutah
Most people would probably be tempted by something like candy corn or Almond Joy as the worst candy ever, but at least they are edible. No, I am talking about seemingly innocuous nasty.
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