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How to Have More Eureka! Shower Moments

It is often quipped that the best ideas happen to someone, somewhere, while they are in the shower. And while many people do get inspired while scrubbing up (just take these waterproof notepads as evidence), the perfect "ah-ha" experience can happen most anywhere. So the question arises:...

The World's 4 Biggest Credit Card Scams

You know that you need to keep your credit cards close and keep an even closer eye on your statements, lest you fall victim to credit card fraud. But how do credit card scams really happen? Here's a look at some of the biggest card heists, and how they went down. (See also: Don't Be Fooled by...

10 Easy Back Exercises That Will Help Eliminate Pain

Stronger muscles won't guarantee you'll be impervious to pain. But particularly around your spine, increased strength can reduce the risk of injury and improve posture, thus reducing pain and the chance of newly occurring injuries. While stretching for posture is important, strength training for...

How to Keep Long-term Focus When You’re Putting Out Fires

Life moves forward, whether you’re on board with the direction or not. If you’re like me, your 20’s was predicated by a lot of fun, a lot of procrastinated growing up and living paycheck to paycheck. When I was 28, I opted for the “lighting round” and met and married my wife within 6 months (which...

4 Ways to Get Toned With as Little Effort as Humanly Possible

You don't have time to workout. I know it. You know it. We are all nodding slowly in understanding. (See also: 7 Ways to Get the Best Morning Workout)

When it comes to fitness, we all must face the ever-restrictive bully that is time. Too often, we let that ticking clock get the best of us, but...

4 Ways to Get Toned With as Little Effort as Humanly Possible

You don't have time to workout. I know it. You know it. We are all nodding slowly in understanding. (See also: 7 Ways to Get the Best Morning Workout)

When it comes to fitness, we all must face the ever-restrictive bully that is time. Too often, we let that ticking clock get the best of us, but...

The 6 Youngest Entrepreneurs to Make It Big

Kids these days.

…are super rich. Just when you think getting a job couldn't get any more competitive, a 17-year old invents a mobile application that Yahoo buys for an undisclosed amount. And he is not alone. Children and teenagers around the country are getting up earlier than ever to get...

The 6 Youngest Entrepreneurs to Make It Big

Kids these days.

…are super rich. Just when you think getting a job couldn't get any more competitive, a 17-year old invents a mobile application that Yahoo buys for an undisclosed amount. And he is not alone. Children and teenagers around the country are getting up earlier than ever to get...

The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Your Life

One of the tenets of the “lifestyle design” movement that has emerged over the past decade is the desirability of “outsourcing” one’s life. Once a term used in the context of economics and industry to denote the shifting of jobs from first to third-world countries, it has come to be applied to the...

15 Easy Fall Pizzas

Do you eat a lot of pizza? I know we do. So does the rest of America (roughly 93% of Americans eat pizza at least once per month).

But I confess: I prefer more interesting, healthy pizza, rather than the greasy, fast-food-type. Also, being naturally frugal, my preference is to make my own. This is...

Best Money Tips: Convince Your Partner That Frugality Is the Way to Go

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found some stellar articles on convincing your partner that frugality is the way to go, things you're spending too much money on, and saving at Ikea.
Top 5 Articles

13 Ways to Convince Your Partner That Frugality Is the Way to Go — To...

Secret of Adulthood: Don’t Believe Everything You Think.

Further Secrets of Adulthood:   Agree, disagree? This reminds me of the ten categories of loopholes. With a lot of loopholes — especially those in the Questionable Assumptions category — if you look at them closely, you realize that you don’t really believe what you think. I...

10 Grocery Store Secrets Only the Pros Know

You've strolled down aisle after aisle, checked shelf after shelf. But some of these little-known grocery facts may surprise even the most grizzled grocery vet.
1. The Supermarket Is Not Your Best Bet for Fresh Food

Christina Major, creator of the Grocery Store Shopping Trip — which aims to...

Best Deals for Thursday 09/04

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Wages Are Rising — Here’s How to Get Your Cut

Thankfully, after wage levels remained stagnant for many years, wages are finally rising! Annual gains could hit 4% by 2017.

That said, employers are still conservative and not rushing to pay you more. Here are some helpful tips on getting your share.
1. Join an Industry on the Rise

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Uncluttering the sounds in our lives

Being an unclutterer doesn't mean depriving ourselves of things that significantly enhance our lives, like pleasant sounds or elimination of unpleasant ones.
Post written by Jeri Dansky

Let Unclutterer help you get your home or office organized. Subscribe to our helpful product shipments from...

9 Problems You Can't Solve With Money

No matter how limitless your budget and how strong your arm, there are certain times when throwing money at a problem simply won't help. So take a look at the list below and ask yourself: Are you facing a situation whose solution might require thought and effort, as opposed to more bankroll? (See...

5 Awesome Things We Can Learn from Children

Children laugh around 300 times a day whereas adults laugh less than 20. That’s quite a difference! Of course, with growing up comes responsibilities and challenges and not all of these make us want to roll about laughing. However there are still many things that we can learn from our little...

Work/Life Separation Is Impossible. Here’s How to Deal with It.

As much as we may try, there is no wall between our work selves and our home selves. Keeping a balance means getting real with how one affects the other.

12 Things You Need to Stop Doing Today to Be a Better Friend

Sometimes true friendships seem to be born out of a mysterious, intangible energy that pulls two people together. Keeping friendships strong and thriving is a far less mysterious affair, though. (See also: 6 Time-Tested Ways to Make a Relationship Work)

Part art, part science, and part common...