Comments on: The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Never Give Up Edition

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:30:17 +0000

Nannies are pricey. The going rate here in Morgantown, WVa four years ago was $740/week plus some benefits.

By: fairydust

fairydust — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:17:58 +0000

“what popped into my head was “never give up! never surrender!” from galaxy quest.”

LOL! Same here, Anne!

By: JT

JT — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:56:11 +0000

Sounds just like the Mets — but replace “right in the mix” with “BURIED”.

It’s ruined the entire summer for me not having meaningful games to look forward to coming home from work every night. I honestly don’t know how fans of losing teams (see: Pirates) can do it.

By: deb

deb — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:47:52 +0000

Good luck Zen Habits giving up his email. He has 6 kids, and anyone with kids knows that teachers only want to communicate via email. Good luck.

For myself, I’d love to give up phones. Hate’em.

By: Lora

Lora — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:42:27 +0000

I used to commute from Sterling to Rockville a couple of years ago. Aside from the high cost of the high-security daycare, I find it hard to believe that someone makes that round trip twice a day in order to utilize a certain daycare center. The traffic hassles on that commute are *extreme*.

By: Christine T.

Christine T. — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:06:01 +0000

So many times I have thought some aspect or situation in my life was a complete disaster, and used that as an excuse to stop trying to make it better. Only to find out it wasn’t as bad as I thought and if I hadn’t stopped trying they would have even turned into a success!

By: George

George — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:56:58 +0000

I get a big laugh out of the guy replacing his email with Twitter!

If you look at the Q&A, he essentially describes checking Twitter only a few times per day and choosing what to respond to. WHICH HE COULD ALREADY DO WITH EMAIL, but chooses not to.

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:17:22 +0000

I hear ya about the Cubs, Trent, but try being a Pittsburgh Pirates fan. You might look at them and say “There’s a team WORSE than the Cubs!”

Seventeen losing seasons in a row will do that to you.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:07:35 +0000

I’m amused by the “never give up” followed immediately by “how to quit your job.”

Sometimes there are good reasons to give up.

By: Kevin M

Kevin M — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:01:45 +0000

Cards fan here as well, the Cubs will do nothing again this year per usual.

Completely
Useless
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September

I’m surprised you listed the zen habits blog about killing email since it was simply a sensational headline without much substance. He doesn’t actually kill his email, he just checks it less frequently.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:14:18 +0000

Doesn’t matter, the cubs will fall apart in October like they always do anyway. They haven’t given up for 100 years and it hasn’t helped yet! muahaha! Go CARDINALS!!

By: anne

anne — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:28:10 +0000

i enjoyed this- and i explored other posts on the diaries you linked to- thank you

but what i liked the most was the “never give up” in your title- what popped into my head was “never give up! never surrender!” from galaxy quest.

so now i’ll probably be smiling all day.