Weekly Links: Fresh Books Edition

It was Book Sale week at the local library and that means one thing: jackpot! We talked about starting traditions last week, and carrying bags and bags of books away from these sales is long-standing tradition for me. I scooped Bird by Bird for me, a lot of Vince Flynn for my husband, and a ton of other promising books. As much as I love using the library instead of buying and keeping books, my willpower absolutely fails when presented with tables and tables of dirt cheap, virtually new books. I love it!

On with the links!

This week, Jack Rugile from Simple Sapien was kind enough to interview me for his blog. It was a pleasure to do, and some of those questions really made me dig deep! You can find the interview at Simple Sapien, so please check that out if you’re interested.

From The Life Skills Network:

My Super-Charged Life gives us Three Common Excuses for Less Than Excellent Work. I like that by living a simple life, you can cut out at least one of these excuses: time. Sometimes pursuing excellence is the simplest way to go about a project, and I enjoyed the idea that excellence is worth pursuing.

Over at The Wisdom Journal, Ron blogs about the idea that looks play into job promotions. If that doesn’t pique your interest, skip down the bottom for a great list of 15 ways to use what you have to get ahead. They’re all simple and 100 percent doable.

Simple Mom featured a great guest post from Kelly of Almost Frugal. The piece, titled On Juggling Many Hats, offers some solid strategies for handling your varied responsibilities. The insight I liked most was the idea that she enjoys all of those hats and chooses to juggle everything, even if she can’t be on top of everything all the time.

My Dollar Plan featured an awesome round-up in the form of a 9 Step Economic Action Plan. If you’re looking for a big range of financial information to read, this post has a ton of links for you to browse.

On a similar note, Frugal Dad put together a Beautifully Simple Formula for Achieving Financial Independence.  The discussion in the comments is also interesting.  The formula he provides isn’t a set in stone method, but it does offer a helpful alternative way to look at saving.

Marc and Angel had another great round-up, this time featuring 18 Means for Living Below Your Means.

Like the books at the book sale, there was plenty of great stuff around the Web this week, just begging to be read:

Zen Habits always has something useful, but I absolutely loved Pare It Down: Cut Away the Extraneous to Leave the Awesome. It’s a way of living that I completely agree with. Get rid of “eh” stuff and you’ll be surrounded with things you love. Sounds like a formula for satisfaction to me!

Marelisa inspired me with 12 Superb Ways to Be Happier. I loved her suggestion to “let go of the idea that happiness equals consumption.” Amen!

The Jungle of Life created a new approach for life balance with A Very Personal Pyramid. Lance’s pyramid model works well, regardless of how you fill the blocks.

Over at Awake at the Wheel, Jonathan posed a key question: What’ll It Take to Feel Like You’ve Made It? If you’re going to live a simple life, I think this question is central. To be honest, I’m still working on my answer.

If you’ve contemplating outsourcing (a la Four Hour Work Week), Outsourcery over at Put Things Off has a cool, comprehensive look at three different agencies.

And if all you want today is a good laugh, head over to Pun Intended. This week, we got not only Make This Dad a Ghost Dad Halloween (totally cracked me up), but 7 Celebrities That Would Make Excellent Presidents.

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