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  1. @flexo Enough!
  2. Trent says: "Don't just look for free stuff. Look at what you like to do, and then find ways to do it for less."
  3. Just had a good conversation with @trenttsd about cheap ways to have fun for the frugality chapter of Your Money: The Missing Manual.
  4. Thanks, @ericabiz. Your mind-mapping video (http://bit.ly/1ZvMZ2) actually *is* helpful for my frugality chapter.
  5. Long and fascinating article about F. Scott Fitzgerald's finances: http://bit.ly/4FP2yN - Was he *really* a spendthrift?
  6. Any frugal-minded folks in the Seattle area? @karawynn needs alpha testers for a top secret project. More here: http://bit.ly/3QzCZ9
  7. Every time I visit, I'm blown away by how awesome Michael Bluejay's "save electricity" site is: http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/
  8. After four weeks of neglecting e-mail to write the book, I'm going to take a day to reply. I apologize if I've been neglecting you!
  9. RT @tkaraszewski If you set out on a 5-year project and then forget what it was, it was the wrong goal for you in the first place.
  10. Anyone have a web tool for tracking LONG-term goals? Most of the apps I've found focus on short-term stuff...
  11. Yay! Finished chapter 4 ("defeating debt") of Your Money: The Missing Manual. 7114 words. Ten more chapters to go.
  12. RT @bargainr Today's Personal Finance Hour will about budgeting, come join us at 6pm Eastern, 3pm Pacific http://bit.ly/4PmzV
  13. FINALLY I've finished writing a section of my book and thought "Nice!" instead of "Ugh, that could be better."
  14. So blindingly obvious, but I always forget: The best way to start a project is to actually START it. None of this farting around. Go go go.
  15. I need your help. Research shows that money increases happiness, but with diminishing returns. Can you point me to source data or a graph?
  16. While working on The Book, I found an old article on lifestyle inflation at The Tao of Making Money: http://tinyurl.com/lifestyle-inflation
  17. Finished chapter 3 of Your Money: The Missing Manual last night. Also got back edits on chapter 1. WOW.Tons of changes. My editor rocks.
  18. Join @bargainr, @JeremyVoh, and me at 6pm East/3pm Pac for the Personal Finance Hour. We're talking retirement! http://bit.ly/1EZ52v
  19. RT @NealFrankle You are a genius for not investing in gold! http://bit.ly/4yj2Qc
  20. Now it can be told! Thanks to the help of my agent @hroot, YOUR MONEY: THE MISSING MANUAL will soon be published by O'Reilly (oreilly.com).