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Don’t Waste Your Time On Should Haves

Before I get started, I’d just like to say … for the record: Post It Notes – 0 Distractions – 1 Yesterday, I revealed a dirty little secret. I am easily distracted. I was surprised to learn that most of my friends suffer from the exact same problem. Alicia calls it Information Overload and suspects [...]

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The Cost of Chores

When we moved into our house 3 1/2 years ago, we made a decision that the children (the 3 that live with us) would have equal parts in maintaining it. Mark and I both work outside the home, and try to cook dinner and spend family time as often as possible. In order to keep [...]

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Spouses and Money Talks

I tried to have a budget meeting with Mark last night. This did not end well. Thus begins my campaign to learn to effectively communicate with Mark about the budget. In his eyes, we’re doing all we can with the planning and cutting expenses. He says he agrees with my perspective, thus there is nothing [...]

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