Category: Lifestyle

Did you know that 28.5% of your week is your weekend? Hard to believe, isn’t it? If you look at the total hours we work in a week, it comes to just 24% of the whole week! Of course, you spend another 33% sleeping. But do you really feel like […]

“Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!”  ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Yes! The days count finally got to three digits! When I started this blog, I […]

“Sometimes it’s the mistakes that turn out to be the best parts of life,”  ― Carrie Ryan, The Dead-Tossed Waves Confession time! Every time I see a blog post or an article about someone who is in their 30s and already retired, I feel a pang of jealousy. I know, our case […]

Disclaimer: Some of the links below are Amazon Affiliate links, and could earn me money if you buy stuff from Amazon after you click on it. I have been seeing a lot of frugal meals and recipes on different blogs and websites, and thought I should make contributions as well. […]

“I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.”  ― Jackie Mason Disclaimer: Some of the links below could be affiliate links. I am scared of no challenge! So when the Happy Philosopher asked if anyone wanted to participate in the buy-nothing-for-a-year challenge, I […]

The concept is easy to understand. You don’t give the money to the needy, you only lend it. They pay it back at their convenience. Once you have it back, you can lend it to someone else. I love the concept – There are a lot of people out there […]

“Yet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, and that is half the battle.” ― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo We are at the second part of the Downtime Diaries series, where I write about something other […]

“Everyone has learning difficulties, because learning to speak French or understanding relativity is difficult.” ― Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time I know a lot about trying to lose weight. I should know, I have been trying for a while now. I have good discipline […]

“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” ― Will Rogers I happened to read this article from CNBC, and following a link there, I got to this original article. According to that, over 57% of Americans have less than 1000 dollars saved up. They also have […]

“Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land.” ― Terry Hogan [ Day 22 of 2000 ] I wasn’t planning on writing an entry today, but this article on AndroidAuthority got me all riled up. When I swipe left on my Android […]