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Earning and Learning, The DIY Build a Website Way

Making your own website is one way to learn and earn at the same time.  Of course, we have all seen the results of the young woman who decided to cook a Julia Childs recipe each day for a year and record the results on her blog.  And, chances are many of us have wished [...]

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The Christmas Tree Stand is an Investment

Some of us celebrate Christmas.  Others celebrate other religious holidays.  But, if you are one of us who enjoy decorating for the Christmas season you are going to probably invest in a live Christmas tree.  Of course, we will all complain, year after year, about putting up decorations and then having to take them down [...]

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An Exercise Mat is the First Investment

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The exercise mat is the first investment a single woman should make in her fitness program.  I know, all the single women think about joining a gym.  But, here’s the real thing that keeps us from doing that.  When we are single, we not only think about fitness when we consider joining a gym — [...]

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Worry, The Universal Waste of Time

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Worry can paralyze any single woman who is willing to drift off into the dark hole of confusion.  After all, worry is nothing more than confusion, at least as we mull it over and over and over in our heads. Here is a bit more unsolicited advice.  Worry is a waste of time, created by [...]

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Fear: Fight or Flight

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Okay, so here goes some more of that unsolicited advice from an old woman who has been around the block.  We have all been hit with the feelings of fear at some time in our lives.  While this advice may apply to more than just single women, it seems to me that when I was [...]

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Learn to Read

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Well, it goes without saying that if you are a single woman striking out on your own, you can probably read.  Most of us can read fairly well by the time we graduate from high school.  For those single women who have been to university, chances are you have spent a lot of time reading.  [...]

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Get Some Exercise, Take a Walk

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The single woman needs exercise.  Now, some of us are really into sweating and working out.  If so, that’s great!  On the other hand, some of us wouldn’t go to the gym to work out if you paid us.  For those of us who stay clear of the gym, most of us use one of three excuses: [...]

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Have a Back-up Plan

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There has never been a better time to start a back-up plan.  Remember, every single woman needs to open a savings account and begin a regular savings plan. Even if you have a good job that you really enjoy, consider taking a course or two in another field of interest.  Or, start your own business.  [...]

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“Above All: to Thine Own Self Be True”

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Perhaps, this is the best unsolicited advice I can give any single woman.  Hopefully, the single woman will, at the very least, consider it.  From Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Act I, Scene III: This above all: to thine ownself be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. [...]

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