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is a Treehugging Money Managing Life-long Learner



I'm doing 14 things
 

How I did it
How to stop swearing when I drive (and other times as well).
It took me
0 days
It made me
Frustrated


How to read an average of a book a week (min. of 52 for the year)
It took me
52 weeks
It made me
Get Reading Glasses!


How to read 4 Shakespeare plays and 10 sonnets by the end of 2010.
It took me
12 months
It made me
Feel bamboozled


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read a book each week (read all 2 entries…)
2012 Year-End Report

I read a total of 56 boooks this year: 37 general fiction, 7 mysteries, 6 general non-fiction, and 6 memoirs. I wasn’t sure I was going to make my goal as I spent about a 2-month period unable to find anything worth reading. I’d read 50-100 pages of a book and give up on it.

I also listened to a total of 35 recorded books: 18 general fiction, 9 mysteries, 3 general non-fiction, and 5 memoirs.



Stop swearing when I drive (and other times as well). (read all 2 entries…)
A failure

Let’s face it: on today’s roads there are just drivers who need to be sworn at. And if swearing at another driver helps keeps the lid on my road rage, then I’m going to swear.



Stop buying things because they are on sale. (read all 4 entries…)
A New Habit

I’m not saying I won’t backslide on this ever, but I think this has become a new habit. I’ve taught myself to ask, ‘Would I be buying this if it wasn’t on sale?’ and have found a lot of the time my answer is no. In that case, no matter how good the bargain, I put it back. If I only have limited funds to spend (and who isn’t facing that problem these days?) what’s the point of spending the money on something I don’t really want—just so I say I can save a few bucks? On something I don’t really want? That makes no sense. I’ll spend my money on what I really like, and if it’s out of my price range for now, I’ll either save for it, or do without.



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