Spiritual explorations and common sense
The other night, my partner and I were accosted in a parking lot by a young woman who gave a good song and dance about how she and her female cousin were out of gas and needed to get back to Vacaville (a two-hour drive away). Could we spare anything? Anything at all would help. She gave just enough details to make […]
I’d like to think that everyone is already making this a habit, but experience has taught me otherwise. You can save a lot of money by turning off your lights when you leave a room. Or the television, or stereo, or other electronic device. Or powering down your computer instead of leaving it on when […]
You can find meaning everywhere by knowing yourself and noticing the little things that are easy to dismiss, pass off as coincidence. By “knowing yourself,” I mean understanding what is significant to you. Are there certain numbers that mean something to you? Symbols? Images? Sounds, names, tastes, colors? Events? For example, let’s say a particular […]
In my previous post on reducing transportation costs, I suggested using driving techniques that can increase your fuel mileage. In this post, I describe the techniques that have saved me a lot of money over time. For example, I get 26 MPG on the freeway in my SUV, and 18 MPG in the city. Although […]