Posts Tagged ‘Bookcases’
Tip #153: Clean Your Bookshelves
Retirement Yenta is all about becoming more Zen and living with fewer possessions. Books have a tendency to collect on your bookshelves and then, once read, they begin to collect dust. Your dear Yenta has a new solution for you! Sell your books at www.cash4books.net or www.sellbackyourbook.com. It’s simple enough–all you have to do is type in ISBN numbers and they will give you an offer. This little Yenta says: Sell ya books, not only will you sell a book, you will make a buck!
Tip #152: Learn Something New
Retirement Yenta believes that learning is a life-long process. She also believes that learning new things will keep the ol’noggin working like a well-oiled machine. This is why your dear Yenta is trying her best to learn to speak the language of Espagna! AND, as you know, dear Readers, this little Yenta likes to save a buck. So, with this in mind, Retirement Yenta would like to recommend free college classes to you. You can take classes from Yale, MIT, and other schools. Visit www.education-portal.com and click on “Open Course Ware” for a list of offerings!
Tip #144: Become a Conversation Partner
Retirement Yenta is trying her best to learn Spanish. Oy veh! (¡Veh de Oy!) It’s hard to learn a language later in life! With this in mind, your dear Yenta was going to recommend you hire a conversation partner to practice speaking Spanish with. But, then she remembered how much she likes to save a buck, and she had a GREAT idea. Retirement Yenta recommends you become a conversation partner! You can trade conversation partnering with a Spanish speaking person who is learning English. This a great service to provide to someone learning your mother tongue, and you will get something out of it too. Now, keep in mind, dear Readers, you will need to choose someone who speaks the language you are trying to learn! Spanish speakers will not make good conversation partners if you are trying to learn Mandarin Chinese (unless they actually speak Mandarin)!
Tip #137: Save Fiction for Old Age
Retirement Yenta believes in keeping her mind alert and active by learning new things (See Tip #114: Go Back to School). She knows that this will serve her well as her brain ages. Retirement Yenta also believes that fiction is fun, but should be saved for either times of complete relaxation (like sitting on Miami Beach, soaking up some rays) or for when she’s older and cannot get around as easy. So with that thought, your dear Yenta suggests that you save fiction for your golden years. This will continue to keep your mind working, but won’t add the stress of learning new things (Oy veh, Spanish is hard–see Tip #114). Retirement Yenta says: “Save fiction for old age, your mind and body will thank you.”
Tip #130: Rent Audio Books
As you may well know, Retirement Yenta loves sharing good advice. What she loves more than sharing good advice is sharing that same advice again and again. So, with that in mind, your dear Yenta would like to remind you of Tip #94: Rent Audio Books. Retirement Yenta wants to point out that renting is a great solution because you won’t clutter your bookshelves or computer with unwanted books/files. Recently, this little Yenta flew from NYC to Miami Beach and let me tell you this, missy: a good book can really help pass the time when cooped up like chickens in an overcrowded airplane. PLUS, by having the book in audio form, Retirement Yenta did not have to go digging into her bag for her reading glasses, nor did she have to worry about motion sickness from reading while flying. For your listening pleasure, Retirement Yenta recommends: Drive by Daniel Pink.
Tip #129: Have a Backup Organizer
Recently, Retirement Yenta suffered a great loss. Her dear, beloved organizer left her for a job in corporate America. [Sniff] While Retirement Yenta is very happy for her friend, she is scrambling to find her reading glasses. She knows they are here somewhere, and that they are not on the top of her head, nor the tip of her nose. Fortunately, your dear Yenta has other help keeping her life organized. This little Yenta needs all the help she can get keeping her active household in great shape. She has even found that it is nice having organizational help between visits of her main organizer. Prevention is always the key to success. Retirement Yenta says: Have a backup organizer and a backup for your backup. This way you are never left in a Lurch. (“You raaaaaaaang?”)
Tip #118: Watch Hoarders, Get Disgusted
Retirement Yenta, in her effort to “Out Martha Martha” and become more zen, has been cleaning out her closets and getting rid of tchotchkes that are not important to her life. Sometimes a little tchotchke can have a bit of sentimental value, and OY is it tough to toss it! Yet, it takes up unnecessary space. Well, this brilliant Yenta has the answer: Watch Hoarders on A&E. Recently, your dear Yenta was having trouble with a cleaning spree and happened upon an episode of Hoarders. Well, that was all this Yenta needed. Bags and bags of unneeded tchotchkes are now off to Goodwill, Housing Works, and off to the dump.
