Foo - Ways to make General Living easier

Hi,

Please share all your tips!

Eg.

travelling
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- ride or walk when you can - many benefits but saves time in having to set separate time to exercise

Living
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- be aware of yourself and make as little mess as possible. When you do make a mess clean it up immediately - this helps you not have to have massive clean ups all the time

- keep a diary

- keep a budget

- have a Tray for receipts

- have a 'to do' for bills and the like

- try to avoid too much clutter



General
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Get a flexible system/routine to live. Especially with cooking, cleaning and exercising

- sleep 7-9 hours a night if you can


- eat as well as you can with a lot of vegetables and fruit

My motto:

Work hard, be honest, do the right thing (nothing illegal or immoral).

This has always worked for me and guarantees me a place in The Big Guy's Home.

Marry a rich woman! :D

I like vendor28's list, but I wouldn't overdo it. It's good to live a little on the edge at times ;)

* Treat others as you like to be treated.
* Don't be judgemental and close-minded
* Focus on the good things in life as much as you can and don't overthink and overanalyze everything
* Don't let others run your life for you and make decisions for you
* Fear no beer :D

Shed your material urges and whenever possible buy with cash (vs. credit) :rolleyes: :o :cry:

All great thoughts. The only thing is, what really works well depends highly on the individual. For example, I don't budget. Well, I sort of do, but not in any form that most people would recognize as a budget. But what I do is highly effective for me. But it's also highly personalized. It doesn't work particularly well for my sisters even though they take a lot of financial direction from me. For another example, I choose to make active decisions where possible. Many people are happier "letting things be" and avoiding choices.

That said, there's some things that I think are universally applicable. Do the right thing (whatever that may be). Make sure your use of resources (time, money, emotional energy, whatever) reflects your goals and priorities.

Hmm, I think my two generally applicable suggestions don't make life any easier. In fact, they often make life harder. But in my opinion, they allow one to be at peace with oneself.

To make life easier? Find that wealthy woman to marry. :D And if she has a twin, send her my way. ;)

Start a savings plan that deducts the money before you get your grubby hands on it and blow it all on DVDs and Carbon Fiber bits :D I put away X dollars each month, and don't regard it as disposable income...seems to work.

It's best just not to think about it ;)

Shed your material urges and whenever possible buy with cash (vs. credit) :rolleyes: :o :cry:
Umm actually, that will make your life extremely difficult if you do that. Unless your life precludes buying a vehicle, or land, etc.

All great thoughts. The only thing is, what really works well depends highly on the individual. For example, I don't budget. Well, I sort of do, but not in any form that most people would recognize as a budget. But what I do is highly effective for me. But it's also highly personalized. It doesn't work particularly well for my sisters even though they take a lot of financial direction from me. For another example, I choose to make active decisions where possible. Many people are happier "letting things be" and avoiding choices.

That said, there's some things that I think are universally applicable. Do the right thing (whatever that may be). Make sure your use of resources (time, money, emotional energy, whatever) reflects your goals and priorities.
This is one of the few posts of yours where I've read it and then I'm like what the heck. :p It almost sounds like one of those posts by people who have buzz words so they spend a whole 2 hours talking and what they've said could be summed up in a sentence :p.

Start a savings plan that deducts the money before you get your grubby hands on it and blow it all on DVDs and Carbon Fiber bits :D I put away X dollars each month, and don't regard it as disposable income...seems to work.
It's suprising, as frugal as I am, I've yet to bother to setup an actual savings,like a 401K. I should probably sit down and talk to somebody about 401k plans, now that I'll probalby have actual money to save

* Treat others as you like to be treated.
* Don't be judgemental and close-minded
* Focus on the good things in life as much as you can and don't overthink and overanalyze everything
* Don't let others run your life for you and make decisions for you
* Fear no beer :D
I'm not sure, except those things seem to have made my life more difficult, except for theoverthinking and overanalyzing, because I do TONS AND TONS of that.

Tips:

- don't read posts that are longer than 3 or 4 lines.

- don't spend your Sundays sitting in church.

- don't be afraid to make jokes at a funeral.

- if you want to win someone over, start wth food.

- this is the fifth line. I would have stopped reading by now.

Hey its Event Serrvices.

Don't let what people think of your actions, control every little aspect of life. If there was one thing in my life that I could change, it would probably be that.

Do something you enjoy doing for a carreer. Don't go into it for the money. Work to live, don't live to work. Live life to it's fullest and enjoy the moment. Don't worry about what if's, would haves, should haves and could haves.

This is one of the few posts of yours where I've read it and then I'm like what the heck. :p It almost sounds like one of those posts by people who have buzz words so they spend a whole 2 hours talking and what they've said could be summed up in a sentence :p.

Perhaps the following exchange in another thread explains things...



You know what also starts with M? Margaritas. How many margaritas did you have jschen? ;)
Umm, no comment.


I'll make a best effort to indulge in moderation with buzzword-worthy phrases in order to make TexasGuy tear his hair out once every blue moon. :p

- don't spend your Sundays sitting in church.

Some folks (myself included) find value in attending church. Not from the mere act of sitting though, obviously.

I'm not criticizing that you find it a waste of your time, but if you're dispensing this as advice to others, I'll go on record as dissenting with the statement.

Here's my list:

The floor is the largest shelf in your house. Don't be afraid to use it.

Most things that people ask you for aren't important. Ignore everything that isn't obviously critical, and most likely, it will just go away.

Be really careful when you select road kill that you intend to eat.

Live at least 5 miles from the coast.

Presume that the white-haired person in the car ahead of you will drive erratically.

Wash clothes only after they get discolored.

Don't bother putting the Pop-Tarts in the toaster. The second one will always be cold by the time you eat it anyways.

Moderation in all things... even moderation.

I could go on, but I'd hate to overtax you.

The floor is the largest shelf in your house. Don't be afraid to use it.



That’s a good one. I can’t wait to tell my girlfriend that one the next time she asks me to pick up my cycling clothes.

That’s a good one. I can’t wait to tell my girlfriend that one the next time she asks me to pick up my cycling clothes.
:D I like that rule too

The floor is the largest shelf in your house. Don't be afraid to use it.
As with jfmckenna and TexasGuy, I second this notion. :beer: