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50 Things Everyone Should Know. By Mark and Angel Self-reliance is a vital key to living a healthy, productive life. To be self-reliant one must master a basic set of skills, more or less making them a jack of all trades. Contrary to what you may have learned in school, a jack of all trades is far more equipped to deal with life than a specialized master of only one. While not totally comprehensive , here is a list of 50 things everyone should know how to do. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Read the rest of the article. Ways to Procrastinate. Date Ideas. TheSite.org.

Ways to Reexamine Your Life. We humans tend to get very comfortable with our circumstances. Change is always hard so staying the same often sounds like a great choice. However not changing some things can lead to stagnation, which leads to unhappiness and boredom. Here are ten things that you could/should re-examine to keep yourself up to date and away from stagnation (in no particular order). 1. Are you happy with how early you are going to bed or late your are waking up? HE Advice: Set a time that you want to wake up each morning. 2. What do you want in the next week? Don’t know what you want?

3. After you have figure out what you want, you need to figure out how you should spend yout time in order achieve your goals. HE Advice: Write or type-out a concise agenda for the day with approximation for how long you will spend on each activity. 4. I grew up the son of a pastor at a mega-church in Orange County, CA. We change as we get older. 5. 6. Do you love what you do? 1. 2. 3. 7. 8. 9. 1. 2. 3. 4. 10. Rules for Leaders. Things You're Doing Wrong. If you're like us, you might sometimes have a problem with complex tasks, like trying to drive an ambulance and send a text message at the same time. But hey, at least most of us have figured out the simplest things that get us through the day, right?

Except, you know, some of the simple things we've done every day of our lives, like ... What could be simpler than taking a good crap? Even babies are good at it. You might be surprised, then, to find out that even those of us who can burp without throwing up get this wrong every single day. The one who just threw up on the other one's shoulder is better at pooping. Chances are the pooping facility nearest you is a sitting toilet, a relatively recent invention that flushed its way into mankind's heart with the advent of indoor plumbing in the 19th century. GettyFuture toilets will exist just to kill us. So how the hell are we meant to do it? Luckily, there's a relatively simple way to end this poop dilemma.

GettyDemonstrated here. Tips for Happiness and Productivity. By Leo Babauta This is something I’ve been wanting to write for some time — a Handbook for Life. Now, is there any handbook that can be a guide to every single person? Of course not. This is just a list of tips that I think will help many people in life — some of them common-sense tips that we often forget about.

Consider this guide a reminder. It’ll also become apparent from the links in this handbook that I’ve written about this stuff before. How to use this handbook This handbook is not meant to be a step-by-step guide, nor should you adopt all the tips below. Pick and choose the tips that will be most useful to you. 52 Tips for Happiness and Productivity Try rising early. First Time Home Buyer Tips. EmailEmail First time home buyers risk the highest percentage of their assets in the typical purchase. Yet, they know the least about the whole process.

If this is you, read on. Buying your first home can seem daunting at first. After all, you are most likely putting down almost all your savings as down payment and also trying to obtain a very large sized loan to boot. Buy When It Makes Sense With real estate, timing can make a big difference. Get Pre-approved for a Loan Before You Start Looking for a House During the boom years, you can get a loan for any house you possibly want. Consider a Shorter Term Loan You see 30 year fixed loans as the golden standard in mortgages, but there are actually other, shorter term loan options as well. Work Out the Numbers Yourself Every lender will give you different options. Figure Out Your Needs and Wants Once you have an idea of how much house you can (or want to) afford, it’s time to look at the options available. Be Patient Get a Competent Agent. Study Guides and Strategies.