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You're on your third business trip this month. Exhausted after a full day of presentations, all you can think about on the cab ride to the hotel is how great it will feel when your head hits the pillow. You requested a room away from the elevator and ice machine, but guess which room they gave you? And when you enter your hotel room, you hear the drip from the leaky faucet in the bathroom. (See also: In Praise of Complainers)

Do you stew in silence, or run down to the lobby and create a scene at the reception desk?

Neither. There is an art to complaining — with tact — to get what you want.

Like the poet William Ross Wallace said, "Every man dies — not every man really lives." So how do you know if you're really living?

Well, you could read up on existentialism or employ a life coach — or you could tackle this bucket list of must-do's that are both frugal and utterly life-changing. (See also: 5 Cheap, Amazing, and Undiscovered Vacation Destinations)

Just reading our round-up of the top 10 is sure to light a fire in your belly.

Ask a real estate agent what she or he is hiding from clients, and you will almost always get the same answer: Absolutely nothing.

After all, ethics are built into the training agents need to renew their licenses, and some disclosures are even mandated by law.

"In my experience I have found most agents to be very ethical in terms of disclosing information to both clients and other professionals," one agent told me in an email.

Most people would agree that one of the things they think is most important is the security of their home. But while it's nearly impossible to stop someone that is determined to break into your home, smart steps can be taken in order reduce the likelihood and possibility that someone will. Deadbolt locks are amongst the most common form of door locks, and a good deadbolt can go a long way to keeping would-be robbers out of your home.