Personal lifestyle anecdotes and motivational messages with no substantive political or financial content

Now sitting in the plane, Julie looked out at the clouds as the wing cut past them, already thinking of their next plans: to find a place in the mountains and ski all year long, using income from a sail-rigging workshop to fund the slopes and more travel. Now that she had done it once, she had the itch. » LIFESTYLE DESIGN IN ACTION I was done with driving across town to collect my son from child- care only to slide across icy highways trying to get back to work with him in tow to finish my work. My mini-retirement brought us both to live at an alternative boarding school full of creative lifestyle redesigning children and staff in a gorgeous Florida forest with a spring-fed pond and plenty of sunshine. You can easily search for alternative schools or traditional schools that might accept your children during your stay. Alternative schools often see themselves as supportive communities and are exceptionally welcoming. You might even find an opportunity to work at a school where you could experience a new environment with your child. —DEB Tim, Your book and blog have inspired me to quit my job, write two e-books, sky dive, backpack through South America, sell all the clutter in my life, and host an annual convention of the world’s top dating instructors (my primary business venture, third year running). The best part? I can’t even buy a drink yet. Thank you so much, bro! —ANTHONY 2) Rules That Change the Rules =» EVERYTHING POPULAR IS WRONG I can’t give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time. — HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE, American editor and journalist; first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013817