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Entries from July 2006

Virtual Coffee Table for July

July 12th, 2006 · No Comments

This is the fourth edition of my “Virtual Coffee Table”, a tradition I began observing in February. Every month I take a shot of the books I am actively reading or have started and finished reading in the last month.

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Tags: Goals · Reviews · Shopping

Focusing on the goal

July 12th, 2006 · No Comments

Why am I working at my job? What am I getting out of it? Asking myself these questions and coming to a firm conclusion has made a night and day turnaround in my attitude.
The Turning Point
On Monday this week (being late to work), I was picking up a bunk-bed for my girls. […]

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Tags: Entrepreneurial · Employment · Goals

Over a year on the budget

July 7th, 2006 · No Comments

Hey, it has been over a year and my family is still going strong on our budget!
I just realized that we started keeping a formal budget last June. What a difference a year makes. A year ago, we were still operating on the “quick check method”. You know what I mean:
“Bunny, do […]

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Tags: Planning · Budgeting

Home from Vacation

July 3rd, 2006 · No Comments

We got back from vacation last week, and plunged back into our normal lives. That was the last long road trip I think I’ll ever take.
Not that the kids were bad, they were astonishingly good for being cramped up in a van for five days. It is simply that 1) I hate driving. […]

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Tags: Planning

Wrapping up the prosperity game

July 3rd, 2006 · 2 Comments

I’m going to wrap up the prosperity game now at two weeks. I’m simply getting too uncomfortable doing it.
I do think it had the desired effect, which was to raise my expectation and “set-point” level with money, so it was worth it. If I do it again, I think I’ll do […]

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Tags: Personal Growth · Goals