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05-24-10

Sleep is Overrated: Time for an Upgrade

I’ll be hon­est, the past three weeks have been pretty rough as far as get­ting the rest I’ve needed.  Granted, this past week I was pretty sick, but still…

I don’t think it’s been a lack of sleep as much as it’s been my own lazi­ness and lack of plan­ning.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m up at 6 am, but my morn­ings could be more pro­duc­tive.  So, I plan to upgrade my morn­ing.

I want to be more pro­duc­tive for myself and for you.  I’m not all talk, I want to actu­ally do; and in so doing, set the example.

04-21-10

Getting Rid of Books the Smart Way

I have exactly 325 books that I’ve been try­ing to fig­ure out what to do with.  Good­will is one option, but I want to make some money instead of just giv­ing away my books.  I’ve been look­ing at some alter­na­tives, and if you’re try­ing to min­i­mal­ize your pos­ses­sions and books are hold­ing you back, here’s some of the things I’ve found.

Half​.com — This is a high traf­fic site, and it’s espe­cially good for sell­ing used text books.  They take a 15% commission.

Cash4Books — This is an online ser­vice that buys your books and pays for the ship­ping to send it to them.  They don’t pay much for the books, but since you don’t pay ship­ping, it kind of evens out depend­ing on what you’re selling.

Ama­zon - Another high traf­fic site that is great for sell­ing books fast.  They take a 15% com­mis­sions plus a $.99 clos­ing fee when you’ve sold a book.  Ama­zon also offers a ser­vice where you send them your books and they endorse, pack­age, and ship your books for a small fee which is nice because all you have to do is send a bulk ship­ment instead of pay­ing for indi­vid­ual pack­ages every time you sell a book which can get pricy.

Used book stores — We have a huge used book store in Knoxville that buys your books for a decent price.  If you have some­thing like that in your area, it’s worth check­ing out.

Craigslist — Depend­ing on your area, this might be a prof­itable option, but if you live in a small town or a place where books aren’t a big mar­ket, you prob­a­bly would be bet­ter off try­ing one of the above options.

Any­one have any other sug­ges­tions about being smart with get­ting rid of books?  If this post was help­ful, please leave a com­ment or tweet this.

04-12-10

70 Essential Personal Development Blogs for College Students

Link: 70 Essen­tial Per­sonal Devel­op­ment Blogs for Col­lege Students

Don’t let the title fool you, these aren’t just a list of blogs for col­lege stu­dents, these are blogs that ben­e­fit any­one of any age. This is a great resource to find new blogs on top­ics like your career, to per­sonal growth, to organization.

04-07-10

The 3-​​Month Minimalist Survival Guide for Quitting the 9–5

Link: The 3-​​Month Min­i­mal­ist Sur­vival Guide for Quit­ting the 9–5

So you’ve quit your job to live and work from any­where. Now what?

Writ­ten by Everett Bogue | Fol­low me on Twit­ter.

There’s a deci­sion that every­one has to make at a…

03-28-10

32 Ways to Refocus on the Important

Link: 32 Ways to Refo­cus on the Important

The most suc­cess­ful peo­ple have only a few pri­or­i­ties. Here’s how to refo­cus when you lose track of yours.

Writ­ten by Everett Bogue | Fol­low me on Twit­ter.

The…