I for one hate meetings. Unless they’re donuts and cookies meetings, where the topic is to eat donuts and cookies. But for those of us who work in an office, meetings are an unavoidable thing. You might be able to ninja your way out of a few, but the house always wins. My way of getting through them have been to zone out but keep alert for key words (such as ‘action item’ or ‘make 600 copies’). I know that probably isn’t the best way, but it gets me by usually. I’ve been lucky that there’s usually meeting minutes to give me a recap on all that I dazed on.
For a more tactical approach, go grab this month’s GQ (the one with Stephen Colbert on the front holding an oddly frightening Colbert baby) and flip to page 128 for a great article. Read More
There is a great article in this month’s 
These first few years out of school, we’re usually stuck with loans, credit card debt, car payments, and basic living expenses. This leaves us with not much left over for non-essentials, such as toys and expensive clothes. However, there’s no reason you can’t look good without going into debt. These tips are mostly for the guys, since I’m not an avid reader of Cosmo (we’re workin on getting that female writer).
Anyone with substantial credit card debt knows the frustration of trying to reduce a pesky balance. Monthly fees and prime interest rates can sometimes make consumers feel helpless. Luckily, along with a little spending discipline and a good strategy for reducing balances, introductory rates can make becoming debt free within your reach.
Paying off debt ranks among the most important things a person who wants financial stability should do since being in financial debt affects just about everything from trying to rent an apartment to getting a loan for school. But it’s also important to know which debt to pay off first, how to choose which debt to pay off first and why it is important to pay it off. 
As we start settling into full time jobs, many of us start packing on the weight. Being that there is a health fair going on today here at work, I figure I’d write about weight. Many of my friends worry about being overweight, or upset that they can’t get rid of that pudge. However, most of them just go by weight and BMI. I think that they are missing out on an important measurement–body fat.
After living for a year in the second most expensive city in America, I was ready to look for a new apartment, and I wondered how much I could afford. But to be honest, I had no idea how much I should be paying for rent. Some people say 15% of your income, others say 50% of your income, but I didn’t want to take the risk of taking someone’s random opinion. I wanted real answers.
After seeing all those Bentleys, Ferraris, and Aston Martins in Chicago, I had an urge to go car shopping. Of course, no bank in their right mind would lend me money for such craziness, but it led me to wonder, how do you put a ceiling on car spending? Obviously it is related to your income, but I didn’t know what other factors were involved. So…time for the search.
I’ve always hated how people would always say you should only work at a job you love, because the chances of me finding a job I love is about as high as winning the lottery. For those of you who love what you do, consider yourselves blessed. Unfortunately, the rest of us need to make sacrifices doing what we don’t necessarily enjoy in order to live our lifestyles, but sometimes we might be sacrificing just a bit too much. Knowing when to say enough is enough is just as important to your career as finding the right job and it can be useful to recognize the signs that your job just isn’t for you.
Spring has finally arrived (and hopefully to stay), which means summer will soon be here. Looking around, people are starting to show more skin as the weather is warming up, but no one wants to see that pasty winter pudge. For many 20-somethings, 
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