1. Live Below Your Means

There will always be temptation to forsake the future for immediate gratification. We all want to buy that new piece of technology, treat ourselves to an expensive night on the town, or take out a loan for the flashy car we can’t afford. It might feel great at the time but rash spending hurts a lot later on.

Enjoy life’s simple pleasures and save as much as you can. Expensive things don’t create lasting happiness and security. Careful spending will bring you greater leisure and enjoyment in the long run.

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Last night I decided today was going to be extremely productive. I wrote a thorough To Do List on my ubiquitous capture notepad. Upon arriving at work this morning I realized that I had forgotten my notepad at home. Although I remembered everything on my list, I decided to create a web-based To Do List in case this ever happened again and I wasn’t able to remember.

I found TaDaList.com through a Google search and signed up for a free account. I started making my list and found that I barely understood the functionality of this powerful productivity app. I remembered that LifeHacker had posted an overview and went to check it out.

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A Muscle Gain Experiment

Tim Ferriss recently posted an article explaining how he gained 34 pounds of muscle in 4 weeks. The best part: he claims it requires only 1 hour of gym time per week.

It sounds too good to be true. If sculpting a great body is so easy, why doesn’t everybody do it? I’m skeptical about Tim’s claims so I’ve decided to make an experiment of it.

I’m doing this for three reasons:

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