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15 Great Pieces Of Advice To Help You On Your Parenting Journey

May 4, 2020 Leave a Comment

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1. If you want a smarter kid, teach your child to read as early as possible and instill in them a love for books. Because as soon as they can read, they can teach themselves. And that will be a life-long advantage over their peers who don’t have that same ability.

My mom told me at a young age that she would ALWAYS have money to buy me a book, and she always did. Kids could stay up as late as they wanted if they were in bed reading. We all all developed a great love for books.

A Few Tips, Tricks And Hacks That Will Make Your Life A Whole Lot Easier

April 27, 2020 Leave a Comment

Before using your credit card or debit card in ANY machine, make it a HABIT to tug on the card reader with good force. You’ll reduce the chances of your card being skimmed…by a lot.

What Should You Do If You Gets Stabbed In The Throat

April 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

What Should You Do If You Gets Stabbed In The Throat

I assume you mean in one of the arteries or veins, since other places in the throat wouldn’t cause the situation you’re asking about.

Not that it matters, because the first aid is the same. Pressure, pressure, pressure. First and always, apply pressure to slow bleeding.

If it doesn’t hurt like a motherfucker, you aren’t using enough pressure. Seriously.

Homebuyers: Beware of the Escrow Scam!

March 11, 2020 Leave a Comment

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This is an increasingly common scam where escrow and title companies have been hacked or scammers are otherwise getting access to information about a currently open escrow. They will spoof the escrow company’s information and send you an email to wire your earnest money deposit or closing funds asap. The routing number and account number will not actually be for the escrow company, and once that wire goes through the money is gone.

Here’s a story that was done about this scam, this couple lost $774,631!

Travelers: Beware of the Kidnapping Scam

March 11, 2020 Leave a Comment

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I’m in Mexico on business — I travel a bit. I also consider myself generally savvy and aware of scams. I knew about virtual kidnapping and all that, but I’ll admit that my asleep brain fell for this for just a little bit. I hadn’t seen this before, so I thought I’d share.

A Collection Of Useful Advice To Help You On Your Travels Through Life

March 9, 2020 Leave a Comment

How to properly set goals:

S.M.A.R.T. is a popular acronym/method that significantly improves your chances of achieving your goal.

Specific – instead of saying, “I want to lose weight this year”, set a specific weight. “I want to lose 25 lbs by 2021”

Measurable – 25 lbs is the goal and you can see your progress along the way

Achievable – 25 lbs is something one could do without significant risk to their health (depending on their weight)

Realistic/Relevant – Can you do it? Is it worth the time?

Time oriented – “I want to lose 10 lbs by month 6, 15 by month 8, 25 by 12”.

18 Scams Everyone Should Be Aware Of

February 17, 2020 Leave a Comment

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1. eBay scammers.

When you sell something like an iPhone, computer tablet, etc. (anything worth a pretty penny), you will occasionally get a really high bid at the end of your auction. You’ll then receive a follow up email that appears to be a payment confirmation from eBay/PayPal.

Never accept a payment email at face value. Always log into your PayPal account to verify you have received payment. What is happening is a scammer has created a new eBay account, usually only a couple of weeks old with little to no buying or selling history, and is placing high bids on valuable items.

How To Escape Sleep Paralysis

February 17, 2020 Leave a Comment

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For those of you who didn’t know, when we fall asleep our bodies release a chemical into the part of our brain that controls movement, the chemicals being glycine and GABA . These essentially freeze your muscles, rendering you incapable of movement. This is done to keep us from acting out our dreams and injuring ourselves. (Sleepwalkers’ bodies don’t release enough of this chemical, hence the walking).

How Can I Tell If A Chinese Restaurant Is Good Or Not?

February 5, 2020 Leave a Comment

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If I walk through the door and 75% of the patrons are Chinese, I’m in good hands. The second thing is if the waiter addresses me in Chinese first and English second, the food is going to be good. If the host speaks better English than I do and there is no Chinese on the menu I usually get concerned.

Why Do We Waste Our Life Working For Retirement?

February 3, 2020 Leave a Comment

(photo: @vladsargu)

Imagine this:

You’re 25 years old. You have a great job making great money and you are making so much money, you buy yourself a car, a house, you take lavish vacations, buy lavish things — you have to have the best of everything. It’s an amazing life, right? Some of us get to have that while others don’t. 40 years later, you’re now 65 years old. You put nothing away for retirement at all. The house you have is your greatest asset. It’s market value went up around $200,000. The car(s) you bought — well, they’re antiques now. Some work, some don’t. All those lavish things you bought? Over the years, it’s just stuff. Not that important. You retire on your social security. By then, however, the government has done a lot of shady things — because that’s what they do — you actually cannot collect your full “social security” until you’re 70 years old, but you decide to retire at 65 making you eligible for 50% of your social security. In the now, at 65 years old, what do you wish you did when you were younger? Any regrets about not saving as much as you could have?