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I’m Sarah Von Bargen.
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Web Time Wasters
Doesn’t this sound like 2006 in the best way? Skip to 1:26 to get past the self-indulgent ‘rock band behind the scenes’ stuff.
What’d you get up to this week, friends? I joined a choir a few months ago (part of knowing what makes me happy and adding more of it to my life) and we had our last rehearsal before a set of performances. And on Friday, I crossed Aerial Yoga off my New Things list! This weekend, I’m thrifting and helping Kenny and the boys take on the Sweet 16 Challenge.
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Andi’s blog is stuffed with helpful travel advice: tips for budget travel in Mexico, an insanely thorough guide to San Francisco, and how to prepare your cat for travel!
Michelle is talking about so many important things. As a no-bio-kids-for-me-thanks stepmom, I loved her podcast about deciding if you want to have kids or not. And her interview with Quirky Alone founder Sasha Cagen is great!
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The 1-Hour Money Multiplier
60 minutes + 5 weirdly easy steps = more money in your bank account by this afternoon. Yes, really!
5 Kind, Sensible Ways To Stop Psyching Yourself Out
How often do you psych yourself out? How often do you get panicky and procrastinate-y and do NOTHING instead of the huge to-do list you hate? Friend, I have been there. There was a three-month period in 2007 in which I attended graduate school full time, held two part time jobs, attempted to go vegan and lived with three other people in a two bedroom cottage. What? Yes. How ridiculous am I? And...
I Secretly Enjoy Life
A True Story:Earlier this year I was at a bachelorette party, peopled largely by ladies that I didn't know. We engaging in some ubiquitous small talk - what do you do? how do you know the bride? isn't it great that Pam and Jim got together? - and I asked one of the ladies if she liked her job. The response was a snort and a head toss and "Not really, but who actually likes their job?!"Um, you...
How To Survive Holiday Travel
In addition to fruitcakes and crowded shopping malls, holiday travel is one of the low points of the holiday season, no? Unless you're actually into standing in check-in lines behind a crying baby with a full diaper. If that's your pleasure, you're a stronger person than I. How do you survive hours in the car, delayed flights and nights spent on pull-out couches without losing your mind? Be...
A Christmas Miracle (or ‘Ready The Kleenex, Again’)
Would you promise not to hate me if I told you that I have The Best Job in The Land? Maybe The Best Job Ever? True, I earn approximately $2, work in a dicey neighborhood and occasionally open my desk drawer to find cockroaches. But you guys? The currency I get paid in is 'Faith in Humanity.' And that plus a dollar will buy you a bag of chips, but its exchange rate is even better than the...
31 New Things: Take Part in a Giant Group Dance
On my list of Things That Give Me Faith In Humanity, nestled between items 1. ('Guerrilla Gardening') and 3. ('Golden Girls') is 'Giant Group Dances.' And since MJ was my birthday buddy (August 29th, represent!) I felt that taking part in Thrill the World would be the perfect excuse to cross something off my 31 New Things list, wear some zombie makeup and honor a fallen hero.Now, I dabbled in...
5 Productivity Tips You (Probably) Haven’t Heard A Million Times
You're clever. You know the usual suspect productivity tips. You know about prioritizing. You know about coffee. But do you know theeeeese productivity tips? "The First 10 Minutes" Trick When I get home from work, the temptation to kick off my boots, eat a bowl of cereal and sit down in front a Hulu is nearly insurmountable. However! I (try) to force myself to spend the first ten minutes of my...