knightofdarkness

@knightofdarkness (19)

Age 39

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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Your Rooms

knightofdarkness @knightofdarkness (19) 29 Jul 08

Today’s edit: The rooms in your house, one at a time. Are you surrounded by clutter in every room in your home? Clutter is visually distracting and stressful — every item that you see demands your mind’s attention, and no...

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Commitments

knightofdarkness @knightofdarkness (19) 29 Jul 08

As a student one of the things I learned was to edit brutally (no sarcastic comments about why I don’t do that with my blog posts). Cut out everything that’s not necessary, and you’ve got a more meaningful story. I highly...

non profit organization

runner

Streamline Your Life

knightofdarkness @knightofdarkness (19) 29 Jul 08

If you ever feel like your life is a bit chaotic or unstructured, it’s most likely because you haven’t given enough thought to the various systems in your life — how you go about handling the different things in your life — and...

Top 10 Productivity Hacks

knightofdarkness @knightofdarkness (19) 29 Jul 08

We all need a productivity boost now and then — sometimes throughout the day. We each want to be productive for very personal reasons — to accomplish more, to make more money, to get done earlier to make more time for our personal...

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Feeling Down? 7 Ways to Pick Yourself Back Up!

knightofdarkness @knightofdarkness (19) 29 Jul 08

From time to time, we all get a little down, maybe even a little depressed. Maybe we are feeling overwhelmed, or feel bad because we’re not doing well with our goals. There are many reasons for feeling down, and I’m not qualified...

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Feeling Down? 7 Ways to Pick Yourself Back Up!

knightofdarkness @knightofdarkness (19) 29 Jul 08

grooming

Can Indian Cricket Team beat Srilanka in the Test match

vaibhavsawke @vaibhavsawke (820) • India 24 Jul 08

Indian cricket team is very strong(at least on paper), with vaterans like sachin,dravid and our captain Kumble can the current indian team beat Sri-lanka in their home ground

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knightofdarkness I think india will definitely perform well in the tour. I have high expectetions from Sachin

24 Jul 08

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The Virtuous Life: Tranquility

vaibhavsawke @vaibhavsawke (820) • India 24 Jun 08

Every day we encounter a thousand little annoyances. Some jerk cuts us off on the way to work, we get a flat tire, someone takes our lunch out of the fridge, and so on. While each incident is seemingly small, they burrow under our...

life

tranquility

virtuous

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knightofdarkness This issue is one i have been more aware of myself and have been addressing recently.My main frustration is the little things in life. A favorite exampleis when some one blocks up the whole isle at the supermarket and just stares at you as you are waiting for...

1 Jul 08

How Do You Know When She’s the One?

vaibhavsawke @vaibhavsawke (820) • India 24 Jun 08

The truth is that knowing you’ve found the right woman to marry is not rocket science. The decision to marry my wife was the easiest decision I’ve ever made in my life. Here are five guidelines that guided me on deciding my wife...

love

marriage

mileage

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knightofdarkness thanks for your kind gesture. If something like that happens i will let you know. bye take care

24 Jun 08

The Seven Deadly Sins of a Relationship

vaibhavsawke @vaibhavsawke (820) • India 3 Jun 08

“Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.” - Emily Kimbrough While I can’t claim to be the world’s foremost expert on relationships, I do know that my wife and I have a very...

deadly sins

relationship

seven deadly sins

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knightofdarkness It’s really nice to see beautiful 2nd marriage success stories.

4 Jun 08

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25 Ways to Help a Fellow Human Being Today

vaibhavsawke @vaibhavsawke (820) • India 3 Jun 08

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” - Dalai Lama Too often the trend in our society is for people to be separated from either other, to be cut off from the great...

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knightofdarkness Selfishness is a instantly gratifying pleasure that gives you know fulfillment. Selflessness or altruism is the opposite in which it is totally fulfilling and the enjoyment lasts much longer

4 Jun 08

How to execute your To-Do List

vaibhavsawke @vaibhavsawke (820) • India 3 Jun 08

Have you gotten good at organizing your tasks in a to-do list, but have trouble actually executing them? You’re not alone. Getting things on your to-do list actually done is difficult because it’s really a collection of habits...

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knightofdarkness “I make a list of things to do the next day.. and on that day, I wake up looking forward to a bad day, full of unpleasant tasks, I don’t feel like doing anything from the list.” Along these lines, I actually have started to grow out of this. I get tired...

4 Jun 08

How to Accept Criticism with Grace and Appreciation

vaibhavsawke @vaibhavsawke (820) • India 3 Jun 08

how to take criticism with grace and appreciation. Stop Your First Reaction If your first reaction is to lash back at the person giving the criticism, or to become defensive, take a minute before reacting at all. Take a deep...

appreciation

criticism

grace

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knightofdarkness Great article, it’s given me something to think about. All too often in the past I’ve either ignored remarks or responded to a smart-a_s criticism with a smart-a_s response of my own. This is why as much as possible I always ask for constructive feedback. Most...

4 Jun 08

10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It

vaibhavsawke @vaibhavsawke (820) • India 3 Jun 08

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise” - Ben Franklin, famously “Put no trust in the benefits to accrue from early rising, as set forth by the infatuated Franklin …” - Mark Twain Recently,...

rising early

rush hour

rush hour 3

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knightofdarkness I love the benefits, mainly the lack of others being around, of rising early. But I can’t do it. I find that the people that are awake at that time are even more annoying than twice as many people who aren’t happy to have woken up yet. And I also find that...

4 Jun 08

Top 42 Exercise Hacks

vaibhavsawke @vaibhavsawke (820) • India 3 Jun 08

These hacks will make you healthier, slimmer, and yes, sexier. Rrrowrr! Just to note, I’m not a certified trainer. I’m just sharing stuff that’s worked for me. Also, some of this stuff is contradictory. That’s because you’re...

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knightofdarkness Great list! Of course, it all depends upon your personality and facilities, but I’d reverse the “forget the gym” and “get a workout buddy” suggestions. For me, the gym is extremely important, because it removes weather as an excuse for not working out. And...

4 Jun 08

8 Frugal Tips for Legal Matters

vaibhavsawke @vaibhavsawke (820) • India 3 Jun 08

“The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape.” - Ralph Waldo...

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knightofdarkness I work for lawyers, so I enjoyed this post very much. Points 5 and 6 are crucial. For a lawyer, time = money, so if you expect your lawyer to spend a lot of time sorting your records and talking to you on the phone, you can also expect to pay lots of money....

4 Jun 08

The Six Key Steps to Healthy Finances in Your Relationship

vaibhavsawke @vaibhavsawke (820) • India 3 Jun 08

if you’ve ever been in a relationship for very long, especially if you were married or living together, I can almost guarantee that you’ve had a money fight. One of the biggest causes of problems in relationships is differences...

finance

quicken

relationship

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knightofdarkness I really like the suggestion about a weekly meeting. I handle the majority of our financial transactions and it is easy for my husband to feel out of the loop. We have found 3 things to help: 1. online banking so we can both check the balance quickly and...

4 Jun 08

Huge Fire At Universal Studios

vaibhavsawke @vaibhavsawke (820) • India 3 Jun 08

A fire broke out on the Universal Studios backlot which at the time of this post is still blazing. Reports vary but anywhere between 100 & 300 firefighters were called to the scene to battle the fire, which has caused extensive...

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knightofdarkness I heard they had 400 Fire Fighters on scene .... That's alot....! Shows you how valuable the show biz industry is to this town. Eh?

4 Jun 08

IE or FireFox

vaibhavsawke @vaibhavsawke (820) • India 3 Jun 08

Which one is better according to you, Internet Explorer or Firefox. I found Firefox better than IE. What is your opinion? and Why?

firefox

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knightofdarkness Microsoft copies all the good features of firefox in IE. But IE always remain behind firefox in tearms of quality.

4 Jun 08