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What Valentine’s Day Taught Me About Planning Ahead
There are a couple of timeless truths about Valentine’s Day: Restaurants will charge you crazy prices for a mass-produced prix fixe …
How I Deal With Mistakes
I’ve always had a problem with shoes: No pair of shoes lasts me for more than eight months. No, really. I’m a shoe-serial killer, and I …
What the Slow-Carb Diet Taught Me About Saving
(I know what you’re thinking, but this isn’t one of those “I ate less so I saved money!!!” posts. Read on. ;)) I’m standing in the …
$100K by 30 – Why Most People Think It’s Impossible
I love taking conventional assumptions, and then systematically destroying them. Today, let's talk about an assumption that's been on the …
Small Tweaks: Tiny Savings Strategies With Big Results
I can take my clothes off pretty fast (but not in the way you think, you perv). I picked up this awesome skill back in the military. Our …
Confessions of An Email Addict
Dear Office Email, It’s time you knew the truth. I hate you. Like smash-you-with-a-baseball-bat-if-you-were-a physical-object kind of …
Why You Should Always Go Upstairs
So last week, I had to get my iPhone fixed. Why? Because my speaker broke down. I knew I had to get it fixed when my girlfriend (who has …
How Language Affects Your Ability to Save
Booya! Welcome to the very first “official” post at the relaunched, self-hosted, cheerfulegg.com! I spent the weekend migrating to a …