Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Introducing 52 Ways to be Richly Reasonable
One of the things I love most about this site is the name—Richly Reasonable. To me that name evokes a certain kind of image and represents a level of maturity it’s taken me a long time to achieve. To me, that name means that we can all have a rich life as long as it’s…
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52 Ways to Live Richly Reasonable: Make-up, part 2
Last time, I talked about how to save money on more expensive makeup. Now we’re going to talk about how to stretch the life of that makeup and other beauty products. After all, if you’re going to spend the money, you want to make them last. Here are a just a few of the ways…
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The Only Thing You Need to Know:
How do people accumulate millions, billions, gazillions of dollars? In many different ways: they inherit, they win, they gamble, they take out life insurance policies and hire hit men (JOKE). But for the most part, “rich” people become rich by saving and investing. Here is the easiest thing I know about saving.
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Cheetos: A Lesson in Every-Single-Bag
Funny how often my thoughts are inspired by snack foods. I wonder if there is a deeper psychosis behind that… Anywho, I was chowing down on a handful of Cheetos at lunch today when I noticed how similarly shaped the orange cylinders were. In fact, they were all nearly identical. Not remarkable you say? I beg…
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Hubs Let’s Me Handle The Money
It occurred to me today that I’ve never really talked about how Husband and I manage our finances. It’s really the thing to do in the personal finance blogging world, because, after all, who wants to read financial advice from a lady who can’t even balance a checkbook. Yes, I could straight up lie to…
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Boredom & Spending
As the old saying goes: Familiarity breeds contempt (of people). There is, however, a lesser known variation of this famous phrase (lesser known because I just made it up, feel free to spread it around): Familiarity breeds boredom (of stuff). Boredom can have many negative side effects: dizziness, weight gain, whining, grumpiness, and, perhaps most…
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