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Why Use Cash?

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In 2008-2009 when we had the credit crunch and recession, there was at least one day when stores were not accepting credit. If you didn’t have cash to spend that day, you may well have been stranded out of gas. Using cash is seems tougher psychologically. Cash is almost universally accepted.

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Psychological Tips for Successful Stock Investing

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Don’t we all wish we had kept a closer eye on the events prior to 2008 and 2009 and sold our positions prior to that! I confess to being an amateur on this after the 2008 crash. Buy and hold strategies may work at one point but not at another, frequent trading might work well now but not later. Average Up Not Down.

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7 Steps To Homelessness And What To Do If You Get There

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Find services providing psychological counseling to help get your life back on track. Many people have lost homes since the 2008 downturn, however, a new government program has helped to prevent an enormous increase in homelessness so far. Use credit counseling to try to get your financial life back on track. billion federal effort.

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Benefits of the Great Outdoors

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Being outside helps you meditate on the beauty and complexity of nature and lifts you out of yourself and your man made problems, and may even heal physical ailments sooner. According to the National Get Outdoors Organization website: ” The pilot effort of National Get Outdoors Day was launched on June 14, 2008.

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10 Health Benefits of Sex – Sex Can be healthy

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A big health benefit of sex is lower blood pressure and overall stress reduction, according to researchers from Scotland who reported their findings in the journal Biological Psychology. Good sexual health may mean better physical health. It takes work, from both a physical and psychological perspective, to do it well, she says.

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