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Career, Life

How to Be Productive While Commuting by Train

If you live in a metro area, chances are that you spend a portion of your day commuting.

Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, WNYC has determined that the average travel time to work in the United States is 25.4 minutes. Now, I’m sure you’re saying that’s not too bad. Because it’s not. However, if you’re living in a larger metropolitan area, it’s likely that your average commute time will be much longer.

A benefit of living in a metro area is that although you may have a long commute, you may not have to be driving the entire way. If you live in a city with a good public transportation system, you may have the luxury of being able to take the train to work. While the train may not be the most ideal place to get things done, it holds a lot of potential, especially when you know how to be productive while commuting.

April 25, 2013 by Nicole

DIY

Creative Ways to Reuse Things You’d Otherwise Throw Out

Today is Earth Day. Although the Earth has been around for billions of years, this year marks only the 43rd Earth Day! I don’t know about your feelings on the topic, but I believe we have a lot of catching up to do in celebrating Earth Day. To start, we can each make every day a little bit more like Earth Day by making eco-friendly and eco-conscious decisions. One approach to celebrating Earth Day every day is to find creative ways to reuse things you would otherwise throw out.

To help you (and myself) be more mindful and take that extra step towards reducing waste and recycling when possible, I’ve scoured the web for creative ways to reuse things you have around the house. Bonus: not only are you doing a favor for the environment by doing these projects, you’re also doing a favor for your wallet. Most of the ideas below would undoubtedly fall into the “frugal” category, as you’ll likely already have these things around the house or apartment anyways.

April 22, 2013 by Nicole

From the Internets

From the Internets: April 20th

Hey, Internet! I hope you’ve had a fabulous week, despite all of the crazy things going on in the world. Mine was filled with happy hours, some morning runs, and decent weather.

No matter how busy (or not) you weekend is, I’m here to help aid your relaxing (and maybe forget all about this week’s terribleness). Without further ado, here are some sweet reads for you:

April 20, 2013 by Nicole

Avoid being a hoarder and make money online from spring cleaning!

Making Money, Money

Ways to Make Money Online from Spring Cleaning

Spring is the perfect time to clean. We all know that. As blossoms bloom and we come out of our winter shells, it can be refreshing to clean house. Out with the old! In with the new! While the act of cleaning can be refreshing in and of itself, it can also be refreshing make money online from spring cleaning.

Whether you are a mini-hoarder and a Hoarders marathon has frightened you into cleaning or you are just looking to make a few extra bucks, you will find the following sites useful.

April 17, 2013 by Nicole

DIY

Coming Soon to Living in Flux: DIY

Have you ever looked longingly at something in a store and wished you could have it, but it wasn’t in the budget?

Have you ever looked at two items lying around in the house and thought that you could put them together in a way that makes them more interesting?

Have you ever looked for a simple, at home solution, to things that often are time, money or effort intensive?

If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, Living in Flux is going to be the place for you even more than it already was!

April 15, 2013 by Nicole

Career

How to Make the Most Out of a Conference

Conferences are a big investment for all of those involved. You (the attendee), your employer who may be footing the bill, the speaker’s who have prepared talks and workshops, the conference organizers, and all of the other attendees. Conferences often last several days, all time that you’re taking away from your regular job duties. Not only are conferences time investments, they can also be fairly large monetary investments. If the conference is in another city, you’ll need to travel there and stay in a hotel. Conference registration fees can be downright outrageous. And don’t forget any incidentals that you incur along the way. With such a big investment, it’s important to make the most out of a conference.

This past week, I traveled to the IA Summit in Baltimore, MD. A lover of conferences, I want to share with you some tips and tricks that I typically employ in order to make the most out of a conference.

April 12, 2013 by Nicole

Career, Making Money, Money

Equal Pay Day: It’s Just the Beginning

Happy Equal Pay Day!

Well, I guess I take that back. It’s not really a day you celebrate. Not sure what Equal Pay Day is? It’s the day that women would have had to work until in the new year to in order to match the pay that men received (on average) in the previous calendar year.

It’s April, right? We’re over a quarter of the way into the year! Yup. On average, women make $.77 for every $1 that men make. It’s a sad, but true, reality.

April 8, 2013 by Nicole

From the Internets

From the Internets: April 4th

Long time no see, From the Internets!

I’m going to be busy with a conference for the next couple of days, so I figured I would kick off the weekend early with a long due roundup of fun reads:

April 4, 2013 by Nicole

Goals

Monthly Recap: March 2013

As you saw in my earlier post, we’re a quarter of the way through the year! While it’s exciting to have some extra daylight, it is a little scary that things have been moving so quickly.

I barely even remember March. ‘Twas just a haze.

March 30, 2013 by Nicole

Goals

2013 Goals Update #1

Whoa. HOLD UP. It’s the end of March.

That means that we’re already a quarter of the way into our year! I do think it’s scary, but I’m excited, because it’s time to do a quarterly goals update for all of you Living in Fluxers.

The other day I wrote about creating SMART goals and you know that I have 10 goals for 2013, plus you follow me through my monthly goals. Now it’s time to share my progress on my big goals for the year.

March 29, 2013 by Nicole

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