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February 6, 2007 @ 7:30 am - Written by Trent
Categories: Morning Roundup
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I have a lot of sore muscles this evening from a strenuous day moving boxes, so I followed the advice of a friend and drank some sage tea and took some St. John’s wort tablets. We’ll see if they help. For now, let’s read some personal finance news.

On Dumping Blockbuster Online And Keeping Netflix: Our Reasons Why Given that there is only one Blockbuster within a fifty mile radius of me and also given that their selection is poor compared to Netflix, if I ever went back to a rent-by-mail service, I’d go back to Netflix without hesitation. (@ my two dollars)

Frugal Pleasure Interesting post about how frugality intersects with cultural differences. I think this person’s friends are not in the career-oriented norm, where expectations of material success are rather high. (@ an english major’s money)

When People Are Less Than Supportive My honest opinion? If people in your life aren’t supportive of positive changes you’re attempting to make in your life, it might be time to find new people to spend your time with. (@ blunt money)

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Thanks for the link!

I don’t mean that no one I know likes nice things; that’s almost universally untrue. Nevertheless, most of my friends (myself included) feel some sense of romance in being young and broke and idealistic. I don’t pretend that most of us think we’ll be broke forever, or that we’d like to be, but for now, we’re generally pretty content to struggle.

English Major @ 10:21 am February 6th, 2007 (comment #1)

I like how English Major talked about the inter-relatedness between what we think and the habits that develop. Personally, I feel like fiscal responsibility and healthy eating are one and the same - they are both “consumption”, and we unconsciously react to stimulus the same way when we buy or eat based on impulse. By the same token, the answer to both unhealthy eating and fiscal irresponsibility (at least for me) was consciously consuming - thinking about my habits in order to change them. I wrote more about this here: http://www.thelifeledger.com/2007/02/06/consumption-is-a-way-of-life/.

Cris @ 7:59 pm February 6th, 2007 (comment #2)

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