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Decide Where To Go (Or Stay) For Spring Break
For those of you lucky enough to still have a spring break (ah, the good old days), it’s not too late to decide to spend your spring break in a way that leaves you feeling relaxed and ready to take on the spring quarter/semester. Whether you decide to stay in town or get away, there are plenty of options to fit any budget and lifestyle.
If you decide you want to leave town this spring break (and haven’t already booked a trip), you should take a look at this Los Angeles Times article I found, Spring Break: Last-Minute Travel Deals For Students. The article lists lots of great spring break deals, as well as other websites you can decide to check out for more information and suggestions. SmarterTravel.com also has suggestions for Last-Minute Spring Break Getaways, although these aren’t necessarily targeted at student budgets.
If you decide to stay in town this spring break, either at school or in your hometown, there’s no reason you can’t still have a great time! Depending on where you live, you might want to decide to explore your town/city in ways you don’t get to during the busy semester. Visit TripAdvisor, Frommer’s, Lonely Planet, or another travel site to explore your area like a tourist. Or you may have a list of certain parks or museums you wish you had time to visit during the school year, but you are just too swamped to take advantage of them. Don’t forget to check your local paper for area festivals and events that go on during spring break, such as SXSW in Austin or Harvest of Hope in St. Augustine, Florida. For more music festivals in your area, check out Festival Outlook for a complete list of 2010 music festivals.
Whatever you decide to do, you should always make safety a top priority. Check out the CDC’s Spring Break Health and Safety Tips for information and resources that will help you stay safe, whether you are at home or away.
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Decide How To Tackle Your Taxes
For those of you struggling to decide how to tackle your taxes, I took some time to research the latest articles that give advice to help you decide how prepare for April 15. From deciding to avoid common mistakes, advice about software and IRS protection, to deciding translating the lingo, here are some of the helpful articles that caught my eye:
- 10 Most Common Tax Mistakes, WalletPop.com
- Using Tax-Prep Software? Trust Results but Verify, NYTimes.com
- Don’t Pay For IRS Protection, CNNMoney.com
- 10 Tax Terms Translated Into English, msnbc.com
Decide To Make Your Temporary Position a Permanent One
Interested in making your temporary title a permanent one? Then decide to read this WSJ article for some advice on how to do so: “Making a Temporary Stint Stick.” Although the author decides to give advice mainly for people in interim management positions within their companies, I think anyone in a temporary position should decide to follow this advice. Have any of you decided to turn your temporary position into a permanent one? Has it worked? If so, what advice can you offer other Simonites?
Want to Decide on a Job? Consider the “World’s Coolest Jobs”
If I ever decide to give up my career in decision making (which I can’t imagine choosing to do), perhaps I could have a future as a water-slide tester or a fried food inventor. To find out more about these 11 dream jobs, you should decide to check out this list of the World’s Coolest Jobs, which I found on msnbc’s TODAY Technology & Money page. Do you think these jobs are too good to be true?
Decide to Take Your Career “Off Autopilot”
I just read a terrific U.S. News & World Report career article by career coach and author Curt Rosengren: 4 Steps to Taking Your Career Off Autopilot. What I like about this article is that rather than decide to give vague answers and advice, the author has chosen to pose important questions that we should all decide to consider, no matter where we are in our careers or what field we work in. It’s always a good idea to take some time to check in with yourself and decide how satisfied you are with your career. If you are interested in taking Rosengren’s advice and making changes, you should check out U.S. News’s list of the 50 best careers for 2010.
New York Times Q&A With “Decision-Making Master” (No, Not Me)
Last week, the New York Times’ “Freakonomics” blog decided to feature an interesting decision-making Q&A with Ralph Keeney, a decision analyst at Duke University’s business school. Readers sent in questions to Keeney (about decision making processes, how people decide, advice on how to decide, and so on), whose responses discuss “how to avoid making the wrong decisions, how to figure out what you really want, and why neither psychologists nor economists have definitively figured out how to make good decisions”–just my cup of tea! You should all decide to check it out for some interesting advice and insight, as well as some speculation as to why Tiger Woods and David Letterman decided to commit those pesky little “indiscretions.”
House Hunters: Red Flags To Look For Before You Decide to Bid
While many of you may be focusing on your holiday shopping, some of you may decide to make a pricier purchase this December–a new home. I just came across this great article on Yahoo’s Real Estate page that I think all Simonite house hunters should decide to read for advice: 7 Red Flags for Home Buyers. You all know there’s nothing I like more than a checklist. For ultimate peace of mind (and headache prevention), you should try going down this list with a Sharpie marker to cross out red flags from ceiling stains to poor water pressure until you feel confident about what to decide.
Advice to Help You Decide How to Shop This Holiday Season
Some of you may be laughing at the title of this post, feeling so proud of yourselves for having decided to finish your shopping way back in October. Well, lucky you! I am still in the process of making my list and checking it twice. I would bet that I am not alone, either. To prove it, I recently decided to post a poll on my Simonites Say page about holiday gift shopping styles–cast your vote today!
So, for those of you who, like me, have no beautifully wrapped gifts tucked under the tree or Menorah, or wherever you keep your gifts, you should read this Wall Street Journal article for some advice: “How to Manage Holiday Shopping.” And if you’re like me and decide to do all your shopping online, their list of Online Tools to Make Holiday Shopping Easy may just keep you sane this holiday season!
Decide On What To Eat This Thanksgiving
With Turkey Day just around the corner, I wanted to share a couple resources that can give you advice for your most pressing Thanksgiving decisions: what to pile on your plate!
- For those of you who have decided to watch your figures on Thursday, you should check out this Q&A about healthy habits for the holidays from the Washington Post.
- If you have decided to go meat-free, you may be interested in this CNN article on creative cooking with vegetables.
- If you’ve decided to stick to a budget, check out Epicurious.com’s “Thanksgiving on a Budget” Menu and Tips.
- If you’ve decided on a really tight budget, this Colorado TV station shows you how to keep your holiday meal under $30.
Deciding to Get the H1N1 Vaccine is Only Half the Battle
In case you weren’t already feeling bummed that it’s Monday again and the sun will start to set soon after lunch (damn you, daylight savings!), I thought I would show you this very uplifting poll that I found on msnbc.com: Only 1 in 3 who want H1N1 shot can find it. Talk about playing hard to get!
So here is my question for you: How many of you who decided to get the shot have been able to get it? For those of you who were able to get it, what was your secret? Tripping people in line? Doctor in the family? Bribes? I have not decided to get the vaccine (because of that minor detail that I am a cartoon with a killer immune system), but I am very curious about your experiences and if you have any advice for others who decide to get the vaccine.