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As a mother who enjoys saving money, I like to haggle and shop wherever I go. There is nothing to be embarrassed or be ashamed of. The fact is very practical. I do not have unlimited resources for everything I want. I need to be careful of money. I need to care about if it is really what I need. It is very natural and a skill that you should learn.
According to the news recently, nearly 350,000 federal employees were furloughed for 35 days due to the United States federal government shutdown starting on December 22, 2018. A job in the United States federal government is normally regarded as a good and reliable job. An official job, especially a government worker's job, is supposed to provide enough financial support to pay your monthly bills like credit card statement and utility bills. If the United States federal government can’t guarantee you that, no one can.
Busy! Busy! Busy! In this super high technology world, everyone is hijacked by smartphones, laptops, and social media. What is in your mind? What do you want? Everyone has his wish and desire. Everyone is derived by his goal. Everyone is chased by another for something. Certainly, you cannot be blamed for that. This is our life now. You cannot ask others to follow your rules. You have to follow their rules because you are in a group like the company. Naturally, there are conflicts and struggles to happen every day. What should you do? Why can you not have all them?
I believe that you all have experiences to buy many products when you want them. It is very natural and normal. The most important of all is to make sure that you have the ability to pay the bill after that. You understand the consequences and take full responsibility. Budgeting is the first thing that can help you deal with it. Everyone should have one to improve your financial situation and to get to know it more. Here are more tips to know why you need to do that: 1. Have a clear picture of how much you have
“We can be sure that the greatest hope for maintaining equilibrium in the face of any situation rests within ourselves.”- Francis J. Bracelandr Life balance, work-life balance is a lesson that everyone needs to learn. Having a correct, healthy and sound body is essential for everyone’s happiness and career. A person who comes to have a more balanced life can have time and energy achieve their goals or business success. The question is how to keep a balanced life and have a quality of life and new found equilibrium. Here are tips for you Internal 1. Clean, Clean, Cleanr
When I was young, I knew nothing about spending within my ability to make money. I did not think too much about why I wanted to buy these clothes or this cosmetics or if I really needed them. The first thought came to my mind at that time was that I wanted something and wanted to buy it for sure.
“A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.”- William Arthur Ward Life is a journey of learning and finding the balance of life. What I would like to share in the next paragraphs is 7 essential elements to a Balanced Life. First of all, we need to think about two aspects: Internal and Exte al. Each of them includes several elements that you should look at carefully. Internal balancer Internal balance comes from the balance of mind, heart, and health, inside the body, and can hardly be seen or be measured.r
We all want to have a lot of money to spend and would have the ability to buy anything we want. It does not happen very often in the real world. When we are young, our parents would pay for our food, school, entertainment, and etc. When we grow up and start to make money on our own, we start to work for our living. Then we just realize that we should not spend money at will and should be grateful for our parents to work hard to raise us and support us.
Note: PLEASE READ MY MEDICAL AND HEALTH DISCLAIMER FOR MORE INFORMATION.
“Our lives are a mixture of different roles. Most of us are doing the best we can to find whatever the right balance is . . . For me, that balance is family, work, and service.” –Hillary Rodham Clinton
Chinese New Year is very important to me. It is the tradition that we have a vacation to say goodbye to the past and have a brand new start for the Chinese New Year. It is quite like Christmas and New Year in the west. During that period of time, almost everyone is off and comes back home from different cities and countries. It is really a happy family time.
“Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.” – Peter Latham
When you get older and work for a period of time or when you are not satisfied with your income, you definitely would like to increase your income no matter how. Either you have a part-time job to sell your labor and service or you can make good use of your free time. That means what you do at odd moments is quite essential to have extra income or nothing.
It is true that everyone is happy when he or she has money to spend. It is true that everyone likes shopping. However, when you want to talk about paying off debt or loan, nobody is happy. You would see an unhappy face. You would see people who do not like to talk about it or are used to it.
“A 'good job' can be both practically attractive while still not good enough to devote your entire life to.” - Alain de Botton In this busy society, you would hardly find time for yourself. You would find that you have less and less time for your family and friends. You would have less sleep at night. You get tired easily and wish that you have another you to help you. You want this. You want that. However, it is not the way it works.
When I was a little girl, I never went abroad. Regarding foreign countries, all I knew was from history and geography classes. I did not know anything about the Mediterranean diet at all until I went to my first Italian pizza restaurant. I just felt that the food was delicious and there were a lot of kinds of vegetables and fruits and soft drinks. That was all I knew about it. Until now, I grow older and have some research and find out that the Mediterranean diet is really good for health. Get to know more about the Mediterranean Diet
You have heard of Anti-Inflammatory Diet very often from TV show or magazine. However, most of us do have any clue about it. What is Anti-Inflammatory Diet? Why should you eat it? Do you really have to eat it? How should you eat it right? Many question marks would jump out of your head. First of all, you have to know what “Inflammatory” means so as to know why we need Anti-Inflammatory Diet. Inflammation: Immune System Process
It is never too late to start to know how to manage your income and expenses and take full responsibilities for it. Most people including you and me have limited resources. That is why economics often emphasizes “trade-off.” Your income is usually fixed and has so many things you would like to buy or so many places you would like to go. Some people might say that they want to eat all delicious food or buy all the beautiful clothes in the whole world. Every day you would struggle about it. If you buy this, you cannot buy that. It does happen very often.
After getting married and having a baby, you would find that you have less and less time for yourself. You would have less romance with your husband. You would have less sleep at night. If you have a little fairy to help you or have a magic wand, you can make everything work all by itself. Isn’t that great? I believe that’s all we want. Things can be done automatically. However, it is not the way it works in the real world.
Living in a modern, convenient and fast-paced society is such a challenge to have a healthy diet. About food, you have various kinds of options such as fresh food, half-made food, and ready-to-eat microwave food. When you are busy or you do not want to cook because you do not have time to go shopping, what would you eat for lunch or dinner? The fastest way I believe would be fast food like McDonald or Kentucky. Most of the time, they are made up of carbohydrates, sugar, and calories with less nutrition, less vegetable, and fruit.
Ask about yourself honestly. Does it ever occur to you that my life is just like that, no passion, no change, and no difference? Does it ever occur to you that it is about time to change before you are incapable of? Is it just the right time to start a new life before it is too late? Why don’t you give yourself a chance to change it?
Note: PLEASE READ MY MEDICAL AND HEALTH DISCLAIMER FOR MORE INFORMATION. In current society, we use a lot of 3C products for long hours. We are using our eyes to watch our screen very often. Moreover, there is more and more pollution around us. That makes our eye protection much more important.