Mindless Spending

Are you living within your means ?Are you using credit cards to pay for things you can’t afford? So many people have realized that, before the pandemic, they were spending way too much on things they did not need. The amount of money they were wasting became apparent when they were order to stop…well, doing things. Mindless spending on shared car services, personal care, fitness and travel has come to the light in the wake of the crisis. Cut back on those unnecessary purchases.

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Advice from a (Broken) Fortune Cookie

You may think you’re alone, and you quickly discover your not…

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Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of โ€œpositively purgingโ€œ, as I know each of these pieces represents somethingโ€ฆ

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Finding Friendship

Advice for finding friends and partners: โ€œJust be yourself, enjoy and join in the conversations. Friends and relationships will come naturally.โ€


Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of โ€œpositively purgingโ€œ, as I know each of these pieces represents somethingโ€ฆ

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Real Life Rants

RANTย to fruit and the fact that a decent cantaloupe apparently does not exist. I have thumped, scratched, sniffed, consulted and agonized, but it has been years since I can remember enjoying a sweet, juicy cantaloupe. They are too expensive to keep throwing out. I am done.

RANTย to people who spread out a picnic in the dog park and seem surprised and outraged when our dogs invite themselves to join in. I would suggest a quieter (and less smelly) spot in one of the many, many more people parks available.

RANT to me for apparently invading someoneโ€™s space at Fred Meyer the other day when I accidentally tapped someoneโ€™s cart in passing. Bigger rant to the person whose cart I hit, who pulled off his mask, got within 2 feet of my face and screamed at me about it, claiming I was โ€œrunning him down.โ€ Seriously? My bad for being careless, your bad for being a contentious,ย dangerous person!

RANT to the UPS delivery person who delivered to Misty M. in Kent on Tuesday. Itโ€™s bad enough when you canโ€™t be bothered to ring the doorbell or knock on the door, but you couldnโ€™t even deliver my package to the porch. Instead, you left it just a few steps away from the sidewalk on a busy street, and I have the picture you took of the package to prove its shoddy delivery.

RANTย to people who talk on their phones while walking outdoors. For me, it is my quiet/reflection time. I donโ€™t want to hear about your family/love affairs or business dealings. Do all that at home and let me walk in peace!

RANT to library patrons who turn down the pages of books to mark their place and spill stuff all over the books. Checking out a library book doesnโ€™t give you the right to abuse the book. How hard can it be to find a scrap of paper to use as a bookmark?

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Excerpt from a Career Journal: Thoughts of a 20 Something

In a small discussion group for a course on racismโ€ฆ List five assumptions you have about other groups (men, women, elderly, homosexuals, poor, southerners, racial groups etc.)

The Assumption Game | Deconstructing the Universe

1. Elderly = wisdom

2. Homosexuals= nice and very friendly

3. Men = dominate

4. Poor = my strong assumption is nobody is poor by choice

5. Women = all want a husband or child if not a whole family

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