Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Paperback Swapping: Books on a Budget

    The following is a guest post from Kirsten, FSM (Fiscally Savvy Mommy). Have so many books that you can’t squeeze one more on your bookshelf? Try trading them at Paperback Swap, a book-for-a-book program, where the only cost is postage.

  • Take this job and shove it?

    Surely you’ve been hearing quite a bit about Steven Slater this week. He’s the fed-up Jet Blue flight attendant who, in a blaze of dramatic glory, quit his job and jumped down his plane’s emergency chute after a confrontation with a fussy customer. Coincidentally, I received an email this week about this girl, who had…

  • Martha’s Guide to Success

    I like Martha Stewart. There, I said it. That statement is usually wildly unpopular when I say it out loud. Today I found a list from her book The Martha Rules: Martha’s 10 Essentials for Achieving Business Success.  It’s marvelous. Here they are: 1. What’s passion got to do with it?  Everything. 2. Ask yourself:…

  • What I Wouldn’t Do for Frugality

    Our goals define largely how we view every single expense and our frugal mindset should be linked to these goals. It’s very possible to spend hardly any money at all. It’s even easier to spend all of your money at once. Neither would make much sense without considering how you envision your financial future.

  • October 2010 Archives

    I am a huge lazy bum. 

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