Gallon of Gas vs. Gallon of Other Liquids

This was an interesting chart to see! Sorry that I could not get it any larger, you will have to look close to see it.

Resources: Lesley Voth

How to Plan a Frugal Easter Party for the Kids~Frugal Mompreneur tips

How to Plan a Frugal Easter Party for the Kids

The troubled economy has made it difficult for many parents to do as much for their children as they would like to. Rising gas prices alone cost some commuters an extra $100 or more monthly. Food inflation has made the cost of milk and other staple items double in some areas. But just because families must now live on a tight budget to cope with these things does not mean that parents cannot still host a fun Easter party for their kids.

Bake Your Treat At Home

Parents that usually purchase cakes, deli trays and other snack foods from a caterer, bakery or deli can save lots of money by making these treats at home instead. The materials needed to create these items can be purchased inexpensively. Cake mixes and frosting, for example, can be purchased for under $3.00 as compared to a $20 bakery cake purchased at a grocery store. Plus it will be fresher and taste better. Parents can also save almost half or more by purchased uncut fruits and blocks of cheese and making their own deli trays instead of purchasing them already prepared at the grocery store.

Use Homemade Props

For the egg hunt, supply kids with brown paper bags decorated like bunny puppets or encourage parents to bring their own basket. Kids can be supplied with construction paper, glue and crayons prior to the egg hunt and allowed to help decorate the bags. White paper bags are excellent for this and cost much less than getting each child a basket of their own. Plus, bags can be labeled with the names of children to help keep them from getting mixed up.

Recycle Old Supplies

Recycle plastic eggs from previous Easter parties. Parents that do not have their own supply may be able to borrow some from other parents, from schools or churches that have annual egg hunts. After the holiday, parents can buy these plastic eggs on clearance and store them for future Easter parties. Parents can also request that each child attending the party bring a bag of candy to contribute to the egg hunt. Parents can pack eggs in the other room while the children decorate Easter bags and eat snack foods.

Just because the economy has gone sour does not mean that parents have to take all the sweet out of Easter celebrations. There are dozens of ways parents can cut corners on an Easter party without kids ever noticing the difference. These few tips should help parents put together an Easter party for less, but there are certainly dozens more things that parents can do to help shave nickels and dimes off of the cost of hosting a party for the kids.

This post was contributed by Jane Sanders from Debt Management. Visit her site for more financial advice and tips to improve bad credit.

What Your Facebook Profile May Be Telling ID Thieves

Seemingly harmless information can help ID thieves unlock key to your identity.

Your pet's name is a fraudster's best friend.


You may think you're revealing precious little when you tell your Facebook friends that you're dressing your pooch, Puddles, in your favorite color, red, for brunch at Grandma's on Sunday. But you've actually just opened a Pandora's box of risks.

The information consumers willingly, and often unwittingly, post on social-media websites can be a gold mine for fraudsters looking to steal everything from your flat-screen TV to your identity.

What's more, tidbits like your birth date, birthplace and the last school you attended are typically the challenge questions posed by bank websites and online retailers to verify your identity.

"Despite all the awareness that people have about identity fraud and privacy on social networks, there is a disconnect between [that and what they are] disclosing in online space and social environments," said Thomas Oscherwitz, chief privacy officer for ID Analytics, a San Diego-based consumer risk management firm.

More than 24 million Americans 18 years old and older are still leaving their social-network profiles mostly public, meaning they aren't activating privacy controls that limit who can see their information online, according to a Harris Interactive survey conducted in October for ID Analytics.

The survey also found that nearly 70 million U.S. adults on social-networking sites include their birthplace — one of the most common security questions asked by financial institutions — on their profiles.

"The information people are disclosing is not the entire piece of the puzzle but it's certainly helpful," Oscherwitz said. Thieves steal identities in pieces, he said, and layer them on each other for a clearer picture.

Say you post on a social-media site that you're at a tanning salon ahead of your week-long trip to the Bahamas the day after your birthday. You're telling potential burglars that not only are you away from home for an hour or so, but beginning Tuesday, your home likely will be empty for seven days.

"Even listing daily activities can let strangers know your routine and put you at risk," said Gail Cunningham, spokeswoman for the National Foundation of Credit Counseling.

Too much information can hurt you in other ways. John Sileo, a Denver-based identify-theft expert, said your online chatter could equip an ex-spouse with ammunition for a court challenge. Future or current employers could have a problem with information about your personal life that they deem inappropriate for a member of their staff, he said.

You also could be furnishing a would-be stalker with information about your whereabouts. "We are giving people the little pieces of our trust or access to our trust that allows them to get bigger things out of us," said Sileo, founder of the ThinkLikeaSpy.com newsletter.

Tips to Stay Safe

Here's some advice from Sileo, who wrote the "Facebook Safety Survival Guide," about protecting online privacy on all social-networking sites:

• Never post your exact date and place of birth. It's invaluable information to identity thieves, particularly when the two are bundled together.

• Never post your address, phone number or email address. This is plum information to scammers and marketers who are looking for nuggets of your identity.

• Control who can see your personal information. Many social-networking sites have privacy features, but they change often. Know what they are, stay on top of them and restrict your page to your real friends, not friends of friends or someone you met in a bar.

• Limit information about your activities. If you must brag about a trip or a fabulous party, do it after the fact.

• Remember that what you post is public and permanent. Don't put up embarrassing photos that you wouldn't show your grandmother. Don't complain about your job or your boss. Don't say something to or about someone that you wouldn't say to his face. Don't threaten others.

• Know the four types of Facebook users: friends, outsiders, businesses and enemies.

• You should know exactly who wants to be your friend or is asking you to link into their network. Some people will befriend your friends to get to you or your company.

• Be wary of seemingly harmless quizzes. When someone invites you to take a survey, say, "10 Things Others Don't Know About You" or "My Favorite Things," it may be designed to harvest your data. The name of the street you grew up on or your favorite vacation spot could be clues to your passwords.

• Before you share any information anywhere online about yourself or your workplace, ask this question: What would the consequences be if this information fell into the hands of my boss, competitor or people who don't like me?

Jennifer Waters is a MarketWatch reporter, based in Chicago.

How to Live With a Fussy Eater

We have 3 boys! My oldest, Kevin is in the Navy and I certainly remember as he was growing up what a fussy eater he was, but he grew out of it around the age of 15, when he wanted to try coffee. My 11 year old Joseph is also a fussy eater and my 6 year old Joel is autistic, so he is limited on his choices to eat. Needless to say, I am more relaxed these days about their eating and suppliment were I can in there diets.

Good news for parents of fussy eaters: You didn't create them. In an effort to find out what drives unhealthy eating patterns among children, researchers from University College London compared children's eating behaviors to their mothers' reactions to said behaviors and found that parents are usually responding to (not the cause of) fussy eating or overindulgence.


The details: The authors collected questionnaire data from 244 mothers of children between the ages of 7 and 9. The moms filled out one survey related to their children's eating behaviors, agreeing or disagreeing to statements that measured how a child responds to food (for instance, "If allowed to, my child would eat too much"), their child's enjoyment of food, and whether their child ever avoids food (for instance, "My child gets full before his/her meal is finished" and "My child takes more than 30 minutes to finish a meal."). The second survey related to the mother's feeding habits, agreeing or disagreeing to statements like "If my child says 'I'm not hungry' I try to get him/her to eat anyway," or "If I did not guide or regulate my child's eating, he/she would eat too much of his/her favorite foods."

Report: Picky eaters are made, not born.

The authors found that what the mothers usually wanted from their children yielded the exact opposite result: Mothers who put more pressure on their children to eat were more likely to report having children who felt full before the end of a meal, ate slowly, were "fussy" eaters, or didn't enjoy food very much in general. On the other hand, mothers who were more restrictive of what their children ate (those who agreed strongly with the statement "If I did not guide or regulate my child's eating, he/she would eat too much of his/her favorite foods") were more likely to have kids who they reported would eat too much if allowed.

What it means: If you have a fussy eater or a child who overeats, it probably isn't your fault. While this study doesn't rule out the possibility that kids are simply eating a certain way just to assert a little control over the dinner table, Laura Webber, doctoral student in the Health Behaviour Research Centre at University College London and lead author of the study, says that most likely the child's behavior is driving, not responding to, her mother's reaction. Eating behaviors are usually inherited, Webber says, so chances are, a fussy eater isn't being fussy simply to get a rise out of her mother (or overeating just because she was told not to). Essentially, she adds, "it is important that mothers do not blame themselves for their children's eating behaviors."

So what is the appropriate reaction for moms with fussy eaters or overindulgers? Here are a few tips:

1. Maintain control at the dinner table.

"Mothers should take control and attempt to encourage their children to try new foods and eat healthily, rather than giving in to their demands," says Webber.

Promote healthy eating habits in young adults with family dinner time.

2. Limit the drama.

When parents label their kids "picky" or "fussy," the children pick up on that, says Sarah Krieger, MPH, registered dietician with the American Dietetic Association. "Then it becomes a license to not try new foods," she says. If you're the parent of a fussy eater, serve food in a very matter-of-fact way, she says. "Have no emotion on your face." If the child refuses it, just take it away and try serving it again in a few days. Don't beg and plead with them to try it, she adds.

3. Feed children when they're hungry.

"The number one tip I tell parents is to make sure your kids are hungry when serving a meal, snack, or whenever you want them to eat nutritious foods," Krieger says. "It seems like common sense, but it's amazing what kids will try when they're hungry." It also helps teach children that it's OK to be hungry so they're less likely to eat constantly, or when they're bored.

By the same token, she says, watch your child's liquid intake. "Anything that offers calories without a lot of nutrition (like lemonades) can fill up tummies," she says. Keep children from drinking any kind of caloric beverage two hours before a meal. If necessary, make the kitchen off limits during certain times of the day so children won't fill up on either drinks or snacks before meals.

4. Plan after-dinner activities.

Boredom is a powerful motivator for overeaters, says Krieger. "If you notice that a child wants to eat an hour after dinner, when it isn't physically possible that they're hungry, it can be more of a cry out for something to do," she says. So instead of arguing with your child about the fact that she just ate, take her outside for a walk, or have some other activity lined up as a distraction.

5. Make dinners a family affair.

"Encourage children to help make their lunch or dinner," Krieger says. "Kids are more likely to try and eat more fruits and vegetables when they make them themselves." And planning meals together also helps teach kids about portion control. When you do sit down at the table, make it a pleasant experience, she says. Don't fight over how much a child is or isn't eating, because then "It turns into a power struggle, and it's not worth it." Most important, be a good role model. Parents who eat healthy foods will set good examples for their children.

Resources: Rodale.com

Gas Pump Primer: Filling the Tank for Less~Frugal Mompreneur Tips

Gas Prices are going through the roof again! Some places paying $4.00 a gallon. At that price, gasoline can weigh like an anvil on your monthly car expenses -- and Bankrate would like to help you save some cash at your next fill-up. Here are five ways to save at the pump so you won't go over budget every week when your car needs gas.


Maintain the Correct Tire Pressure

Keeping the correct PSI, or pounds per square inch, in your car's tires will give you better gas mileage, so check pressures once a month before you start driving in the morning and add air accordingly. If your car is equipped with a tire pressure monitor system -- now standard equipment on all new cars -- don't dismiss any alarms as false. Pressure increases as you drive and tires warm up, so a low-pressure alarm when you start driving that goes away later means tire pressure is on the border of being too low and should be adjusted. Check your owner's manual or the label on the inside of the driver's door for the correct PSI rating. The number on the tire's sidewall is the maximum PSI and should not be used.

Don't Let Your Car 'Warm Up' Before You Drive It

Technology in cars built in the past 10 years allows your car to operate at very near its top efficiency the moment it starts. Letting a car idle, such as when you wait at the curb for a passenger or wait for the heater to kick in, is simply a waste of gas.

Don't Use a Higher Grade of Gasoline Than Is Recommended

Putting a higher octane gasoline in your car than the manufacturer recommends won't improve your fuel economy, so it's not worth the extra price you'll pay per gallon. Check your owner's manual or the label on the gas-tank door for the recommended octane for your car, and fill up with that. However, don't use a lower octane than is recommended, because it may actually worsen your car's fuel economy and could damage your engine.

Slow Down

Slower speeds win the fuel-economy race and can save you a bundle. Avoid being a lead foot by accelerating from a stop and by driving over the speed limit on the highway. Jack-rabbit starts simply waste gas and only get you to the next traffic light faster, where your car will idle longer. Cars get better gas mileage driving at 65 mph than they do at higher speeds. Cruise control can help you maintain a steady speed, too, which will further improve fuel economy, especially on the highway.

Get the Junk Out of Your Car

The heavier your car is, the more energy it needs to move, so get all the excess gear out of your car when you're not using it. Carrying around items you don't need only worsens your car's gas mileage unnecessarily. In addition, the less aerodynamic your car is, the worse its fuel economy. If you have a rooftop carrier or carry items such as bicycles or skis on your roof, remove these items when they're not in use to improve your fuel economy.

Resources: Yahoo Finance

Is This the World's Most Effortless Way to Slim Your Waistline?

If you are steering away from red meat due to the negative press on saturated fats, you may be happy to hear that a very powerful fatty acid primarily found in beef and dairy products has been linked to long-term weight management and health.


This potent nutrient is called conjugated linoleic acid, or CLA, and the best possible sources of CLA are grass-fed beef and raw dairy products that come from grass-fed cattle.

Many ranchers are responding to the call from U.S. consumers by shifting from traditional, factory-farmed, grain-fed methods of raising cattle to a free-range, all-grass diet. Even the USDA is waking up to the consumer demand for grass-fed products. Their June 2010 publication of Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy Outlook indicates that grass-fed beef represents 3 percent of the total U.S. beef production and has been growing about 20 percent for several years.

CLA Benefits Across the Board


A host of research has been conducted on animals, under microscopes, and with humans to determine the impact of CLA on disease. Results have shown CLA to be a potent ally for combating:

•Cancer: Animal studies show that as little as 0.5 percent CLA in your diet could reduce tumors by over 50 percent, including the following types of cancer:

◦Breast

◦Colorectal

◦Lung

◦Skin

◦Stomach

•Cardiovascular disease

•High blood pressure

•High Cholesterol and triglycerides

•Osteoporosis

•Insulin resistance: CLA's actions actually mimic the effect of synthetic diabetic drugs. Testing on mice with type 2 diabetes have shown CLA to improve insulin action and reduce circulating glucose. Even better, the early results from human trials are just as positive, when consuming CLA for longer than eight weeks.

•Inflammation

•Immune system invaders

•Food-induced allergic reactions

•Body Composition: Exciting research with humans has shown that CLA has been beneficial in lowering body fat, with even greater improvement in those who combine exercise with dietary intake of CLA. Animal research has been even more promising, with significant improvements seen in both reducing body fat and in increasing lean body mass.

•Previous studies have shown that CLA reduces body fat while preserving muscle tissue, and may also increase your metabolic rate. A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that people who took 3.2 grams of CLA a day had a drop in fat mass of about 0.2 pounds a week (that's about one pound a month) compared to those given a placebo.

Since CLA cannot be manufactured in the human body, you must get it from your diet. And your best dietary source of CLA is grass-fed beef.

The Bull We've Been Fed – Dangers of Grain-Fed Cattle


If you've been reading my articles with any frequency, you'll know that my dietary recommendations are largely based on scientific literature that clearly spells out the types of foods that human beings were naturally designed to eat.

This is no different for a cow.


When a ruminant is left to eat on its own, it doesn't choose corn or soy to munch on… it selects grass. Therefore, when a cow grazes on natural grass pastures, its body composition is affected accordingly: the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids is slightly above two. In other words, two parts omega-6 to one part omega-3, which is very close to the ideal ratio between these two fats.

Cattle raised in conventional Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs), on the other hand, are shipped to giant feed lots and fed corn to fatten them up, and when consumed, this has an impact on your health as well.

When a cow's diet primarily consists of grains, its body's composition (and subsequently yours) changes. In fact, previous studies on grain-fed steer found the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fats was between 5-to-1 and 13-to-1, which is far from the ideal.

Since you are what you eat, the beneficial effects of eating grass-fed beef and dairy products with the proper balance of fatty acids are translated into health benefits for you. These foods are rich in all the fats now proven to be health-enhancing, and low in the fats that have been linked with disease.

Since meat from grass-fed animals is lower in fat than meat from grain-fed animals, this means that it is lower in calories as well. By switching to lean grass-fed beef, it is estimated that the average person in the U.S. could reduce intake up to 17,000 calories a year, which is equal to losing about six pounds! Imagine how this could impact the national epidemic of obesity.

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The First Thing to Do When You Stay in a Hotel Room

Microbiologist Philip Tierno, when he has to stay in hotels, travels with an impervious mattress and pillow cover. Lurking in every hotel mattress are skin cells, human hair, bodily secretions, fungi, bacteria, dust, dust mites, lint, insect parts, pollen, and cosmetics.
Tierno encourages everyone to use the impervious covers developed for allergy sufferers. And he also advises that you definitely get rid of the bedspread. The first thing he does is remove the comforter and store it in the closet. CNN reports:

"It's certainly true that bedspreads, or the quilts inside duvet covers, don't get thrown in with the sheets for a daily wash ... Germs ... tend to congregate in places touched multiple times by multiple people that may not be cleaned thoroughly, if at all".

While it is impossible to live in a germ-free environment, using toxic chemicals to achieve this is fraught with dangers and is not at all recommended. However it is best to pay attention to some well documented sources of pathogens that can easily be avoided with simple non-chemical measures.


Travel is one area that you can make some dramatic improvements.

Cleaning a hotel room is not a glamorous or high paying job, and my guess is the hardworking people laboring away at this task are at best just applying the minimum standard of care in their daily grind. Just making the beds is hard enough!

I don't expect them to wash every bedspread, nor do I expect management to pay for such an expense on a daily basis. This is made clear by microbiologist Philip Tierno, quoted in the article above:

"In hotel rooms that aren't properly disinfected, some of the germiest areas tend to be the faucet and sink areas, the flusher of the toilet, the underside of the toilet seat and the shower floor."

"Improper cleaning techniques, such as using the same rag in the bathroom and on the remote control, can spread germs around. Cleaning in a 'cavalier manner' doesn't happen only in lower-end hotels.

"[But at the same time] there's no raging problem of communicable diseases contracted in hotels. Exposure to germs in hotel rooms is generally nothing some timely and thorough hand washing can't fix, and of the 60,000 types of germs people might encounter over the course of their lives, only one percent or two percent are capable of causing disease."

So although hotel rooms may be germy, they really can't be considered dangerous. There are also some sensible precautions you can take yourself when you find yourself in a hotel room

Sensible Precautions when Traveling


Some simple and easy sensible things to do when you find yourself in a hotel room include:

•Turn down the top comforter or duvet cover (depending on which you encounter) and pull it to the end of the bed, avoid coming into contact with it as much as you can.

•Wipe down the sink faucets, bathroom countertop, toilet handle and shower faucets with a damp towel.

•Wipe down all door handles and knobs including the entryway and bathroom, phone, TV remote, and refrigerator if applicable.

Aside from the potential infectious agents on the duvet cover, a more likely important consideration would be dust mites as large number of people have dust allergies.

According to the microbiologist quoted in the CNN article above, you could also bring your own mattress/pillow allergen covers to protect yourself from this hazard lurking deep in your hotel bedding, but this may be a bit extreme for most unless you had severe allergies.
Resources: Mercola.com

Kmart Layaway's~Frugal Mompreneur Tips

Maybe you want to start buying for Christmas or someone's birthday or just an item that you need but don't have all the cash at that time.

Kmart has a LayAway system which is an easy way to pay.
Step one: Take your item to the layaway counter or if you are shopping online add it to your shopping cart.
Step 2: Make a down payment. The down payment is $15 or 10% of your purchase.
Step 3: Make a payment every two weeks. There is an 8 week layaway contract.
Step 4: You may pick up your item or have it shipped on the last payment.
Note: There is a service fee of $5.00 and a $10 cancellation fee.
There is no finance charges.
For more information go to Kmart.com
Resources: Lesley Voth

60 Ways To Make Life Simple

When we were young life was easier, right? I know sometimes it seems that way. But the truth is life still is easy. It always will be. The only difference is we’re older, and the older we get, the more we complicate things for ourselves.

You see, when we were young we saw the world through simple, hopeful eyes. We knew what we wanted and we had no biases or concealed agendas. We liked people who smiled. We avoided people who frowned. We ate when we were hungry, drank when we were thirsty, and slept when we were tired.

As we grew older our minds became gradually disillusioned by negative external influences. At some point we began to hesitate and question our instincts. When a new obstacle or growing pain arose, we stumbled and a fell down. This happened several times. Eventually we decided we didn’t want to fall again, but rather than solving the problem that caused us to fall, we avoided it all together.

As a result, we ate comfort food and drank alcohol to numb our wounds and fill our voids. We worked late nights on purpose to avoid unresolved conflicts at home. We started holding grudges, playing mind games, and subtly deceiving others and ourselves to get ahead. And when it didn’t work out, we lived above our means, bought things we didn’t need, and ate and drank some more just to make ourselves feel better again.

Over the course of time, we made our lives more and more difficult, and we started losing touch with who we really are and what we really need.

So let’s get back to the basics, shall we? Let’s make things simple again. It’s easy. Here are 60 ways to do just that:

Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple,

and the simple thing is the right thing.

- Oscar Wilde

1.Don’t try to read other people’s minds. Don’t make other people try to read yours. Communicate.

2.Be polite, but don’t try to be friends with everyone around you. Instead, spend time nurturing your relationships with the people who matter most to you.

3.Your health is your life, keep up with it. Get an annual physical check-up.

4.Live below your means. Don’t buy stuff you don’t need. Always sleep on big purchases. Create a budget and savings plan and stick to both of them.

5.Get enough sleep every night. An exhausted mind is rarely productive.

6. Get up 30 minutes earlier so you don’t have to rush around like a mad man. That 30 minutes will help you avoid speeding tickets, tardiness, and other unnecessary headaches.

7.Get off your high horse, talk it out, shake hands or hug, and move on.

8.Don’t waste your time on jealously. The only person you’re competing against is yourself.

9.Surround yourself with people who fill your gaps. Let them do the stuff they’re better at so you can do the stuff you’re better at.

10.Organize your living space and working space. Read David Allen’s book Getting Things Done for some practical organizational guidance.

11.Get rid of stuff you don’t use.

12.Ask someone if you aren’t sure.

13.Spend a little time now learning a time-saving trick or shortcut that you can use over and over again in the future.

14.Don’t try to please everyone. Just do what you know is right.

15.Don’t drink alcohol or consume recreational drugs when you’re mad or sad. Take a jog instead.

16.Be sure to pay your bills on time.

17.Fill up your gas tank on the way home, not in the morning when you’re in a hurry.

18.Use technology to automate tasks.

19.Handle important two-minute tasks immediately.

20.Relocate closer to your place of employment.

21.Don’t steal.

22.Always be honest with yourself and others.

23.Say “I love you” to your loved ones as often as possible.

24.Single-task. Do one thing at a time and give it all you got.

25.Finish one project before you start another.

26.Be yourself.

27.When traveling, pack light. Don’t bring it unless you absolutely must.

28.Clean up after yourself. Don’t put it off until later.

29.Learn to cook, and cook.

30.Make a weekly (healthy) menu, and shop for only the items you need.

31.Consider buying and cooking food in bulk. If you make a large portion of something on Sunday, you can eat leftovers several times during the week without spending more time cooking.

32.Stay out of other people’s drama. And don’t needlessly create your own.

33.Buy things with cash.

34.Maintain your car, home, and other personal belongings you rely on.

35.Smile often, even to complete strangers.

36.If you hate doing it, stop it.

37.Treat everyone with the same level of respect you would give to your grandfather and the same level of patience you would have with your baby brother.

38.Apologize when you should.

39.Write things down.

40.Be curious. Don’t be scared to learn something new.

41.Explore new ideas and opportunities often.

42.Don’t be shy. Network with people. Meet new people.

43.Don’t worry too much about what other people think about you.

44.Spend time with nice people who are smart, driven, and likeminded.

45.Don’t text and drive. Don’t drink and drive.

46.Drink water when you’re thirsty.

47.Don’t eat when you’re bored. Eat when you’re hungry.

48.Exercise every day. Simply take a long, relaxing walk or commit 30 minutes to an at-home exercise program like the P90X workout.

49.Let go of things you can’t change. Concentrate on things you can.

50.Find hard work you actually enjoy doing.

51.Realize that the harder you work, the luckier you will become.

52.Follow your heart. Don’t waste your life fulfilling someone else’s dreams and desires.

53.Set priorities for yourself and act accordingly.

54.Take it slow and add up all your small victories.

55.However good or bad a situation is now, it will change. Accept this simple fact.

56.Excel at what you do. Otherwise you’ll just frustrate yourself.

57.Mature, but don’t grow up too fast.

58.Realize that you’re never quite as right as you think you are.

59.Build something or do something that makes you proud.

60.Make mistakes, learn from them, laugh about them, and move along.

Resources: marcandangel.com

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