My favorite stumbles of the past week - Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

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I’m trying not to make a habit of this, but being a day or two late with my weekly favorites has it’s advantages. Least of which - I can see which bloggers were kind enough to include me in their round ups over the weekend:)

I think I’ll allow my roundup post to drift more towards a Sunday/Monday slot, it just works better for me as I’ll have a whole calendar week of StumbleUpon posts to choose from. And going forward, each week I will include my favorite posts from the dynamic Life Skills Network!

And before I forget, a belated Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I’m sure there will be more than a few nasty hangovers on this wee Tuesday morn…

Without further ado, Irish eyes were smiling on the following posts from the last week:

Health

Bionic Eye Could Restore Sight to the Blind - This story is especially significant to me since my mom suffers from macular degeneration, I was never so happy to stumble an article in my life. I hope something like this bionic eye helps to restore her vision someday…

Self Improvement

An Introduction to Time Banking - This is a really interesting concept - you give of your time and in exchange for the time given, you can cash in the time dollars (hours) for things you need. The author points out numerous ways she’s cashed in…

Looking for an Online Degree - This is a great article on how to get your MBA or college degree online. Like most, I’ve heard about it, but until reading this article had little idea how it all worked. Some of my preconceived notions were confirmed and others were blown out…

How My Net Worth Went from $-40,000 to $285,000 in Five Years - It’s always nice to read the details of how people are able to get out of debt and turn things around. I would say this post is the blueprint that most people should use…

Financial Planning

The Five Fundamentals of Financial Success - Great little post on the mindset needed for financial success, as well as, life success. I talk about planning and many of these thing all the time. Well said…

Is Suze Orman Right, Can You Be Your Own Financial Planner? - Interesting guest post by Kent Irwin from eFinplan. I plan on reviewing this financial planning software real soon and writing a post about it.

Money

I Used to be an Emotional Shopper - FD talks about how he used shopping as a coping mechanism for some emotion that was taking a hold of his psyche, be it sadness, happiness or boredom. He talks about the first step to recovery is being able to recognize that fact…

What a Loan with a 171.54% APR looks like - An interesting look at what re-payment of a loan with an interest rate of 171% would look like. It’s incredible to see how little goes to paying down the principle…

Entrepreneurship

I Think Everyone Should Be In Business For Themselves - Jeff offers up some great advice on how to start your own business and where you should focus your attention. I completely agree with him, that everyone should be in business for themselves at one point during their lives…

Environment

Population Control as a Means of Slowing Global Warming? - David offers some ideas on how the US can become a lot more compliant when it comes to fighting global warming. The US is the last super power not to sign the Kyoto Treaty, kind o scary…

Photography

And who said romance is dead?

That’s it for now!

• Just a reminder - This Thursday marks the beginning of the best 2 weeks in sport - March Madness - so make sure to have your tournament brackets ready to go by 12 Noon on Thursday!

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