Category: General

Last month, I read a book titled The Reading Life by C.S. Lewis. It wasn’t really a book that C.S. Lewis wrote, although he wrote all the meaningful text in the book. An editor went through Lewis’s writings – essays and letters, mostly – and collected everything he’d “said” or “written” about life as a…

Whether you are traveling for business or vacation or have to make an emergency trip back home, sooner or later you will find yourself in emergency travel mode.  Here are a few tips on how you can save time and money when traveling.  This blog post only includes tips where you can save both time and…

Have you ever been so bored you just thumbed through all your CDs and DvDs looking for something to break the monotony? We all have. But what most people don’t know is that boredom is most often associated with another state of mind, either anxiety or sadness. We are rarely bored while in a happy,…

The stock market presents great opportunity for all of us but as in all media of exchange there are winners and losers.  In order to maximize your gains it almost certainly necessary and at the very least prudent to exercise due diligence.  That means you must study the markets and choose companies that are poised…

You may have heard “sleep on it” at some point in your life as the best advice you can receive when facing a difficult decision. But is sleeping on it always the right choice? Science has been wrangling with this question for the years. When it comes to saving time in making decisions, it is…

One of the great time wasters of modern travel is standing around the airport baggage claim area waiting for your luggage. When you take a short trip that calls for a change of clothing, packing a suitcase that requires check-in doesn’t always make sense. If you only need 1-2 changes of clothes you may be…

When you drive across country, even if you only follow Interstate highways, eventually you find yourself coming up on a major city between the hours of 4 PM and 6 PM, commonly known as “rush hour”. Traffic is very heavy, slow, and congested as commuters leave work and drive home. Whether you have your family…

If you are like me you may occasionally invite your friends over to watch a movie and have pizza. Ordering pizza is pretty easy now that we can take care of business online, but sometimes you just can’t get the pizza guy to show up at the right time. If your pizza and movie night…

There is nothing quite like listening to music the way YOU want to listen to it. Unfortunately, that is not always possible. We have spent decades figuring out ways to listen to the songs we like in the order we like and so far no one has found the perfect system. But at least now…

When was the last time you checked a book out of your local library? Some people do this quite often. In fact, going to the library to browse, read, and borrow books is a great way to pass the time with your friends and family. But as the digital age grows older we may spend…

You may be surprised at how much time you can save at the movie theater. It runs on a schedule and you have to watch the films and previews on their schedule, right? Not exactly. Let’s look at some of the time-saving options you have available. FIRST, check your local theaters to see if they…

You would think that if you’re watching television there really is no way to save time, but many digital cable subscribers are unaware of two features of their services that do actually save them time. Of course, watching television should be a leisure time activity, not a main part of your daily schedule. The difference…