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Tips for move preparation

Moving is stressful. Being organized and planning in advance can help relive that stress. If you’re moving in the near future, the following are some tips that you can do right now that will reduce the stress during the move.

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7 Ways to Keep Your Retirement Funds From Disappearing

More than one-third of Americans have no retirement savings.

This shocking figure should provide a wake up call and set you on your course to better prepare for retirement. Even if you haven't started yet, it's never too late. (See also: This Is the Basic Intro to Having a Retirement Fund That...
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Automatic Creativity: How to Make Creative Thinking into a Habit

In the 21st century, ideas are valuable. That's because we live in an information economy.

A century ago, value was created through manufacturing. You took raw materials and used them to create a product. You then sold the product for more than you paid for the raw materials. By turning raw...

Organized People Have These 5 Things in Their Homes — Do You?

Organization is all about time management and making sure your belongings have a designated home for easy access and cleanup. It's a simple concept, but it's not always easy to pull off, especially when you're being pulled in a million directions by work, trips to the grocery store, your kid's...
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You Can Have an Easy Life or an Awesome One. Choose Wisely.

Every choice, from the leather couch you buy to the business you start, will cost you.

7 Job Search Stunts to Get You Noticed by Employers

Did you ever think your dream job would be snatched away by a desperate grad with a viral gimmick? No. No you didn't.

In today's society, we're more interested social media hacks than work experience. We'd rather follow a good speaker than a good leader. And we'd rather have an out-of-the-box...
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2013 Unitasker Wednesday: Eggo Expand-O Another very odd, yet specific, food storage container! Tech suggestions for dealing with stuff Actions, projects, reference, and trash — technological solutions for processing these four categories of stuff. 2012 Be productive no matter where …...

How to End This Sentence? “There Is Certainly No Greater Happiness Than To…”

How would you end that sentence? Here’s how Dr. Johnson completed it: “There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence by such tokens that excite neither shame nor sorrow.”...

Wise Bread Reloaded: President Obama's Credit Card Declined at Pricey Restaurant (and How You Can Avoid the Same Fate)

This week the President revealed that even the leader of the free world is not immune to credit card identity fraud.

"I went to a restaurant up in New York when I was — during the U.N. General Assembly, and my credit card was rejected," the President said during an executive...

How to Get a Curtain Cut/Undercut Haircut [VIDEO]

The movie Fury comes out today, and folks are talking about it for a variety of reasons, not least of which is the hairstyle Brad Pitt is rocking in the film. Short on the sides and long on the top, it’s called the curtain cut or undercut, and it has a distinctly vintage-looking vibe....

The Weekly Huckberry Giveaway: October 17, 2014

Last week’s winner of the AoM store giveaway was Jesus from Hollywood, FL, and he chose the AoM pocket knife. My Picks This Week My picks this week all center on apparel. Suitable offers custom-made suits (you’ll have to send your measurements) at very affordable prices. Featuring...

Best Money Tips: Habits for Long-Term Happiness

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found some awesome articles on habits that create long-term happiness, spending $100 a month on groceries, and survival skills for everyday life.
Top 5 Articles

17 Habits to Create Long-Term Happiness Within You — Don't let social...
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Best Deals for Friday 10/17

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Living Social coupon: $10 off $30 or more, American Eagle Outfitters: Extra 30% off clearance, ShoeMall...

NOBNOM Winners and Other Updates

2008 pic, RV breakdown en route to Burning Man. **** happens, but that’s OK. Ladies and gents! A few updates: 1) If you missed instructions for the three quick-start videos from Tony Robbins, or his morning breathing routine and Cryotherapy, I’ve added the links here. 2) I’m so...

The 5 Most Offensive Halloween Costumes Ever

It's the one day of year when you get to be somebody else. Just make sure your portrayal of that somebody else isn't offensive.

Why? Well, for starters, because it's not nice. But perhaps a more convincing reason is because we live the age of smartphones and social media. If you wear a...

8 Meatless Complete Proteins That Will Help You Lose Weight

When you see the word "meat,"what's the first thing that comes to your mind? If you're like many people, you'll probably answer with the word "protein."

You may already know that the protein in meat is "complete," meaning that it contains all nine of the essential...
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In An Emergency, Be An Asset, Not A Liability

Most of us experience life as a set of predicable events that unfold as a series of manageable challenges. When we hit a speed bump in our day, there is usually plenty of time to select among several amenable choices or at least choose the least of all evils. However, once in a while, we are faced...

11 Ways to Get Over Rejection

Rejection sucks.

That, my friends, is a cold, hard fact. No matter what realm of life you've lost out on — work, school, relationships, home — not being chosen is hard.

It's easy to let a rejection or two make you feel like, just maybe, there's something wrong with you. Maybe it...
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Buddhism has 8 “Auspicious Symbols.” What Are Your Symbols?

Every Wednesday is List Day, or Tip Day, or Quiz Day. This Wednesday (well, Friday, I forgot to hit “publish”): What are your “auspicious symbols?” I love numbered lists. My 12 Personal Commandments. My 8 Splendid Truths. The 10 Myths about happiness. The Essential 7 of...

6 Simple Steps to Discovering Your True Salary Potential

Salary negotiation is not always easy, especially if you don't know the value you and your position bring to your team and to your company.

So ask yourself these six questions and uncover your true market worth before you start driving a hard bargain. (See also: You Should Always Negotiate a...
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