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Thrive as a Starving Writer--Lessons from the Experts

Posted August 25, 2009 - 12:02 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance, Frugal Living

The web is full of advice for starving writers. And why not? Any writer has heard the advice "Write what you know," and one thing many writers know is about being a starving writer. Oddly, most of their advice is on writing. A couple of truly great writers, though, have left us advice on the much more important topic of not starving.

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Thrive: Your Online Personal Financial Planner

Posted April 21, 2009 - 20:47 by Nora Dunn

Personal Finance

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So you figure it’s time to proverbially grow up and get financially wise. But you don’t know where to start: you didn’t learn much in school or from your parents, the folks at the bank won’t give you the time of day, and you can’t afford a financial planner. What do you do?

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How to survive (and thrive!) in a job you hate

Posted 2 years ago by Sarah Winfrey

Filed Under: Career Building

Hated Job

Apparently, it's job day here at Wisebread.

Somewhere, sometime in life, everyone has a job they hate. Whether the hours are terrible, the pay is awful, the coworkers are wretched, or the boss is horrid, hated jobs are very much a thing of the present. We work them for different reasons, for different lengths of time, and with different levels of satisfaction, but almost all of us work them at some point. For many people, these jobs are a drag that make them feel like hollow shells of their former selves. However, there are a few people who manage to survive and thrive in jobs they really don't like. Here are a few of their secrets for making that hated job easier.

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