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“Unautomate Your Finances”

March 9, 2010

Adam Baker, one of my fellow writers at Get Rich Slowly has a new personal finance guide out as of today, for sale on his website, Man Vs. Debt.
With a title like “Unautomate Your Finances,” Adam’s approach would seem to be the opposite of my new banking scheme, where I used my automated banking to [...]

Tagged as: adam, finance guides, financing, money, personal assistant, personal finances, quick look, reviews, simplicity

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My Week in Writing: the links

February 27, 2010

I’m home, and back in the saddle with work. Once again, the most exciting thing in my week was the posts and conversations right here on ChildWild. I love the discussions going on in the comments these days. Keep it up, please!
Here’s what I’ve been up to elsewhere. The juiciest and most controversial thing I [...]

Tagged as: blogs, career, money, weekly link round-up, writing

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Keeping a Journal

February 10, 2010

Yesterday I wrote about several steps to making a life change stick. Then in the shower this morning, I thought, “Oh! I need to write more about journaling vs. simple record-keeping.”
And sure enough, the first comment on yesterday’s post was from the always thoughtful Rebecca Weger, saying, “The most important piece for me is around [...]

Tagged as: experience, health, james pennebaker, job search, journaling, journals, life, life changes, life stuff, money, powerful, writing

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How to Change Your Life

February 8, 2010

I have a post up on Get Rich Slowly today about getting the ball rolling with financial management, where I talk about “cross-training” skills from one area of your life to another.
Here, I want to just quickly lay out a recipe I use for making meaningful personal change in any area. You may recall, personal [...]

Tagged as: change, changing your life, cross training, financial management, human interest, life, life stuff, money, personal change, spirituality

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Well, hello there 2010

January 1, 2010

A lot of people have written extensively about how happy they are to bid good-bye to 2009. For me, it’s been a pretty good year. I’m not sorry to see it go, but only because I’m looking forward to carrying all that joy with me into 2010.
2009 was a year that saw the continuation of [...]

Tagged as: family, holiday, money, new year's resolutions, relationships, sex, witchcraft, writing

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All I Want For Christmas is January

December 13, 2009

I’m feeling pretty bah humbug this year. I’m tired, broke and grouchier about the weather than usual. The holiday season feels less like a joyful opportunity to reconnect and more like a train wreck of social, family and financial obligations.
But tis the season, so I’m bucking up and doing my frugal best to be festive. [...]

Tagged as: holiday, money

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Explaining Bank Fees To A Little Kid

December 10, 2009

When I had my blowout with Wainwright Bank last week, I had my kids with me. Of course. The toddler was sleeping, thank the gods, but my five year old stood there and watched wide-eyed while I tore into the banker about social justice issues and customer service problems.
I was, comically and entirely coincidentally, wearing [...]

Tagged as: money, parenting, rio

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Letters to Santa

December 8, 2009

We all still believe in Santa around here.
Yesterday, Rio made her first letter to Santa. It said:
A Dollhouse That Looks Like A Real House (this was my suggestion)
16 Barbie Dolls (this was not my suggestion)
Me 2 Barbie! Me Purple Barbie! (this was Serena’s suggestion)
In fact, I had thought Serena was asleep, but as Rio constructed [...]

Tagged as: holiday, money, parenting, princesses

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Groceries For Me!

December 3, 2009

The manager at my local Wainwright branch called today. Since I happened to be in the neighborhood (ironically making a deposit in my new checking account down the block), I went in to talk with her in person.
Maria was extremely polite and apologetic. She refunded my fees, and offered to help me set up a [...]

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