Chance

During these times of economic downs, people should keep in their mind the objects of chance.
Many times over the saying has been said, "If you can't find a way out of the problem, than you become the problem." That is very true.

A 1% chance that something can occur is all that that chance requires to happen. Hold hope on the 1% chance and perhaps that chance will occur, if not, than likely there is something better in the future which will be better suited towards the situation.

None of this may make sense at first however as someone starts to use these principles in daily life, they may see a difference starting to take place.

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Saving on Groceries and Food

I loosely touched base on this earlier in a few of my blogs about savings on daily food requirements.
Well here it is again.

I typically go to the groceries once every week and a half to restock on my lunch varieties. Often at times I notice and pay close attention to prices at my local super market. I normally buy the super market brand products for this reason, as typically they are cheaper then the name brands.
For instance I notice Cookie Crisp cereal was $4.49 for a box of 12.5 oz, when my normal super market brand resemblance cereal was only $2.59.
Do the math, that is a $1.90 savings.
Does seem like much does it? At first!
It comes out to about $80 dollars a year. $80 a year could be a trip to a amusement park or road trip to somewhere you have been looking to go to recently.
I recently took a 400 mile trip and it cost me less than that to get there and back.

With a short trip to the your local super market and some price checking, you yourself will notice a load of saving when you purchase the correct items. Also, never forget to grab the ad and get yourself some coupons.

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Spore, a new world or gaming, literally

Have you seen this yet?

This is Spore. Spore is an interactive PC game that allows you to create creatures of all kinds and send them into a fully automated world. Through evolution your creature will get a chance to evolve from a cell in a drop of water, to a crawling creation of your choice, to finally a deep space explorer.

Brought forward by the creator of the widely know Sims enterprise, creator Will Wright has made a sort of dream come try. Apparently this game has been in development for a little over 7 years and is now hitting the market full swing (as of September 7th 2008).

The uniqueness of this game is that fact of creation you can make. The creation abilities are almost endless as you work through the different stages in life collected evolutionary body parts to incorporate onto your creature. It is said that you could play this game for a very long time and not encounter the same creature twice while starting the game over several times, say 100 times or more.

The most unique ability of the game is the space exploration mode where you can take your creature and send them out into space to cultivate and explore other planets and start a new world.

Spore also has an online community based assortment behind it as well where you can add friends who play Spore to your page and view creation they may have developed. While on the community site you can view over 20,000,000 creation loaded world wide (as of Sep 25, 2008). The whole idea that you might actually see a creation you viewed on your online Spore page later in the game is a possibility and a real mind blowing experience.

Check the top link for my beginning Spore page.

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DSA, do you know what it is?

The DSA is the "Direct Selling Association" they are responsible to keeping independent contractors who own their own businesses compliant. They work directly with every company who has the rights to sell a product directly to the consumer.

The DSA guides each individual contractor or company by a commitment to ethical practices and consumer services. Under these rules participant must pledge to abide by the set code of standards the DSA applies. While these standards are not harsh rules, these standards insure proper business relations between both the consumer and the seller business.

The DSA Code of Ethics which is used is not connect with any member company and is applied and enforced by an independent administrator. The Code administrator is also responsible, and has the power over, possible remedies applied to any complaints to satisfy everyone involved is a matter should arise.

Interesting Thoughts:
Did you know that the number of Americans who work as direct sellers has nearly doubled over the last 10 years? To approximately over 15.2 million as of 2006?
It's no wonder that they majority of companies are turning to Direct Selling as an option for trades markets.
Most work part time, yet have options to go full time.
Everyone can be successful.
Direct selling offers MANY products, direct you without up charges many storefronts may apply.

The world of Direct Selling can be a wonderful place to for those who choose to understand it.

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July 4th weekend from hell

Well after the server was down at my online school Thursday, this girl I know, who is a really good friend of mine, and I went out on her jet-ski Saturday early around 10. Around 4 PM a large storm was coming in, we were 30 miles out or so near an island called North Captiva (hurricane Charlie separated this island). While we were trolling out to start to head back in, she turned too sharp in the channel rolling the jet ski. That ended up flooding something in the engine because it wouldn't start. So we got stuck out on North Captiva at a friends house for the rest of the night after they came and towed us back to the house. The storm hadn't let up until 8 PM or so ruining our chances of getting home. Summer rains in Florida. We had no supplies or change of cloths. Would have been a perfect time to do school work if this house we were at had a computer and I had my book for school.

It gets better.

So Monday rolls around and I'm ready to go with everything when I get home from work because Sunday was a loss after spend much of the day get back to our homes doing house chores for the week to come. I have to make up some business cards on the fly at Staples. Turns out they need to keep my jump drive (USB port drive that saves computer work) to run off the cards for Tuesday's pick up. I guess we should have asked and they should have informed us about that before hand. So here it is 5 days partially wasted while trying to enjoy a weekend for a change. Now I have a heck of a lot of catch up to do.

Hope the rest of your 4th's were better then mine


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A new wave of Jobs! Home-based!

As the economy becomes harder on the average person living the average lifestyle. People must find other means of income. This is where the home business market is growing faster then the average college student can graduate.

Home based businesses just make sense. You can write off parts of your house, electronics, vehicle, and merely shopping for groceries or cloths can be a marketing run where you can write off your mileage. This is something every business owner has always known and something that schools can not teach the average person.

For generations people have been taught they require a good education to get that top job. Well...what happens when that top job is no longer secure? So many people no longer have those top jobs because budget cuts have cost them their great jobs. Schools can never teach people to be rescission leery so we all must learn this on our own. However must fail before they find their way out.

I have seen this first hand with people losing their jobs in our local city government. The state can't afford to pay them, so those people get "retired" early settlements. Most of the settlements only last about a year or two, most last less then that as compensation. I don't see that as far.

Home based businesses are the waves of the future. Nothing can compare to the benefits you can receive from owning and running your own home based business. Your own hours, your own income, and no set hours just for starters. The best part of them all, some offer website that do most of the work for you.
For a small monthly fee that everyone must pay in the beginning, which can be waived over time, pays for all the people you don't see who do most of the work you may not understand. It's actually really simple and easy if you just do some leg work to promote your new business. Tell others naturally and they will gain interest into what you are doing, its just like how any name brand becomes popular, word of mouth advertising.

If you are reading this, here are some choice interests you need to look at today!
Here are two that I have recently reviewed!

truednadiet.com
jumpsome.com


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Dog eating Coyotes

So in our local area we have coyotes. Nothing new to wildlife I suppose, however we don't live out in the plains of Arizona here. It's pretty marshy and wet most of the year with the exception of drought season.

So I hear through the grape vine that people are getting there dogs eaten by these coyotes. Well what did you expect? As we take the coyotes land away, the are left with less to hunt. So your dogs become prey. It only makes sense in a survival instincts kind of way.

So I also now hear that people are walking around with guns to protect themselves and their dogs. Well...a coyotes is fast. Chances are you will miss and end up hitting something else. Also, what happens if a police officer finds you with a non-permitted weapon? What then?

Personally I think that if you took out a bat, stick, golf club, or other long blunt type object, you should be fine. No need for a gun. I would say defend yourself as best you can. Coyotes are more afraid of us then we are them, that is true no matter how you look at it. Then call your local catching service to see what they can do for you.

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The perfect job?

What would your perfect job be?

I find this a pretty hard question to answer myself actually. Most people may find this question rather simple to answer or easy for them. Some would say a firefighter because their parents were and they are influenced by that line of work and so fourth. Maybe some say a doctor, because they know they will be helping others and that is what they wish to do. Many people who love animals become veterinarians for that love of animals.

However for me I find this a very hard question to answer. As I do not have a single interest in what to do in life but rather many. I want to be an array of different things in life or partake in different lines of work over time. However how does someone go about doing an array of things if we are only taught to become one single thing? In other words you go to school to be a doctor, that is your occupation for the rest of you life. You would not then leave and start new as a carpenter because you just would not have that knowledge base and would have to learn many new things to survive. Also the pay scale would be much different and you would have to change your lifestyle.

I had always thought I knew what my perfect job would be, however now that I am older I think differently now about enjoyment and how to make money with that enjoyment. You have to have an emotional interest in your job and appreciate what you are doing. You also have to make a good living doing what you are doing. If you are completely happy that's one thing, but if you are dead broke in that job, then I would suggest you find something else because the happiness will fade. Also if you make a ton of money but truly dislike what you are doing, then how can you be happy with that career choice?

These are things I don't think they teach us in schools. Find a rewarding career and enjoy what it is that you are doing. In school they merely teach us that you need a good career that makes a lot of money. Whatever happen to happiness?

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Stock Talk, the carelessness of people.

Ok let's talk a little bit about stocks.
I have been investing in the stock market for about two years now in the form of a 401K plan option. 401K plan options are basically a stock portfolio that is comprised of trusted companies which generally show a return of investment. These 401K companies offer you basically the advise of a stock specialist without the high cost.

Ok, so let's elaborate for a second. Ask many of your fellow colleges who don't watch or pay attention to their own stock accounts. What do they say? I found that in my own current office many lost money, lots of money. Many people in my office loss anywhere between a thousand to ten thousand.

Now if your like me and you really don't make that much money at your 9-5 or 7-4 in my case, you would pay attention to what your money is doing for you right? Your damn right you would. So I was playing around today in my 401K account...when did the stocks start to crash? Around January right, or roughly. Well as I was using my rate calculator I found out that since December of last year, I had made a 4.3% return on my money, which means I made a profit.

So let's see here, I made a 4.3% return, while others had a -10% or higher loss, hmm. Do you think I know what I'm saying when I say watch your stocks? The carelessness of people and their money.

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Do you want to know how Rich you will be?

Many dream about how rich they will be in the next Ten Years. Sometimes we are allowed to dream and think about it, but then reality hits us in the head, right back to where we are now. However wouldn't it be cool if there was a test to tell you a little more?
This test may be completely fictional, but it's worth a shot at looking into just for fun and dreams anyways. This test has 15 questions that randomly test you. Whether or not they have a unique partern to raise your ending number is beyond me.
However if you'd like you can take the test yourself here Take the Test
This is what I scored

15,501,849
How much money will you be worth?

See if you can play with the answers to get a higher or lower score then the first time you take the test. Pretty neat huh?

You can take the test yourself here Take the Test