Here is the fourth installment of my series which spotlights content I’ve been enjoying the past couple of weeks. These links are listed in no particular order. I hope they help you to live a little more richly!
1. Photos of the 2010 Calgary Stampede – John has over 20 stunning photos of this annual cowboy festival. During the Stampede, Calgary looks like a funky cross between Seattle and Fort Worth. It’s a unique event that I’m sure is a great time.
2. 6 tips for overcoming a challenge ~ kitten style – What life lessons can you learn from kittens? It turns out they can teach you a lot about dealing with challenges. Read how Sandra outsmarts her formal feral kitties and bonds with them as well. As I rescued a stray cat out of my garden 2 years ago, I can relate!
3. Develop Your Intuition: It Could Save Your Health – Do you listen to your intuition? I do. It’s helped me make some very good decisions – like marrying my husband – and also helped me avoid bad situations. Angela listened to her inner voice and discovered what was really wrong with her health.
4. How to Teach Financial Resilience To Your Children – Neal Frankle has a guest post on coping with financial setbacks as a family. He argues that children know when something is wrong, and the honest truth is better than whatever horrors they imagine. This reminds me of my post on 6 Life Lessons from a Murder-Suicide, where Jayne Peters hid problems from her daughter too long, with tragic consequences.
5. Planning for an Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike – As a child, I dreamed of hiking the Appalachian Trail, which stretches more than 2,000 miles from Maine to Georgia. Deb tells you what she learned from her experience. Even better, most of these lessons apply to any major project.
6. Adjusting to Life as an Expat: Interviews and Resources – Are you an avid traveler? Have you ever dreamed of living overseas? Camden was shocked that she had trouble adjusting to life in Peru. Follow her journey as she learns how expats cope.
7. Trillion Dollar Public Pension Shortfall and Walking the Walk: My $114,000 Challenge to Uncle Sam – Bret and Len both realize that government pension plans are grossly underfunded. The US version, Social Security, is effectively a Ponzi scheme. You can’t count on politicians to keep their promises, so you need to make alternative retirement plans. I discussed this subject recently in Retirement Pitfalls.
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Jennifer,
It looks like there are some fantastic reads here. Can’t wait to explore them! I appreciate how you cover several intertwining topics.
Thanks for including my link. I am totally in love with those kittens. I loved Angelas article on health and intuition too.
Hi Sandra, I’m glad you’re enjoying the posts! You’re welcome, how could I resist cute kittens? On top of kittens, there are life lessons too.
Jennifer,
Thanks a bunch for spotlighting my post.
I really enjoyed this collection of stories. I especially liked the Appalician Trail post. I used to love overnight hiking as a kid and I would love to see the A.T. Of course, I don’t think I would go for the whole 2,000 miles.
Bret
Hi Bret, you’re welcome! I’m glad you are enjoying the links. I used to live close to the A.T. in upstate New York, and I’ve walked a few miles of it in the Bear Mountain State Park. (I didn’t see any bears though). Here is where it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_Mountain_State_Park. I don’t know if I could do the whole length either since it takes about 6 months to walk it.
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Terrific round-up, thanks so much for including me! Looking forward to digging into the rest of them as well…
Hi Camden, welcome to Live Richly! I really liked how you called out the difference between traveling and living somewhere, and also started a whole project to interview expats. I hope you enjoy the other links.
Nice topics, but the one that really got my attention is about the life of the Ex-pats. Am wondering on how they are coping up with today and how they deal about it. My country is one of the countries where most ex-pats try to go on with their life but I see them sometimes wasted.
Thanks for sharing Jennifer.
Hi Kathrynne, I’m glad you enjoyed the links. Camden’s post is very honest in that she admits she didn’t think she’d have culture shock, but was crying a lot. Do you mean that the expats in your country are drunk often or just mentally messed up?