Archive for 'Motivation'

New Year’s Resolutions For 2010

Wishing everyone a Very Fruitful and Beautiful 2010!

Wishing everyone a Very Fruitful and Beautiful 2010!

Today is the last day of 2009! What is past is past and we cannot undo anymore. It’s either we rejoice or we regret. I got up this morning and thought through again what I had achieved and what I had failed to achieve this year. I spent more time thinking about the coming year and all my New Year Resolutions that I have defined over the past few weeks.
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Top 10 Reasons People Read Your Food Blog

Last week I shared about theTop 10 Benefits Of Food Blogging. This week I want to share about the ‘Top 10 Reasons People Read Your Food Blog’. If you know the reasons why people read your food blog and what they expect to see from it, then you will be able to write a better food blog and attract more readers. Some of the frequent questions that I always ask myself about my blog are:

Why do people want to read my blog?
Who are those who read my blog?
How long do they stay on my blog?
What type of comments do they leave behind?

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Top 10 Benefits of Food Blogging

Spatula and whisk (to cook and bake)

Spatula and whisk (to cook and bake)

It’s almost 3 months into my blogging journey. I’m still very passionate about it and find tremendous thrill and joy in blogging. I started off blogging about a number of things but as the days go by, I find myself more and more drawn into blogging about food. I guess the main reason is because I have always been very fascinated and intrigued by FOOD. On top of that I have to cook and eat everyday so why not. So, here I have come out with my:

Top 10 Benefits of Food Blogging

  1. Everyone has to eat
    Everyone has to eat to live, weather pauper’s food or palace food. Food is of utmost importance, one of the basic needs of life. We started to eat the day we were born. When I craved for certain food and couldn’t have it, even a picture of it is very gratifying. The next thing is I’ll try to cook it. As long as I don’t give up I know I’ll get it right one day.
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Top 11 Reasons Why Blogging Is Beneficial For Everyone

I was, and still am, very excited when my first blog post took off on 16th June 2009. That was really my dream come true. Since then I really enjoyed writing and making friends with other bloggers all over the world, learning much from them and contributing in whatever little ways I can. We add values to each other’s lives. So, to me, blogging has to be one of the best hobbies. It can be a hobby on top of your hobby.

It is a lot of hard work initially as I learned how to blog and how to do it well. I am still learning how to be a better blogger, to write valuable contents and to social network with others.
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6 Ways Mothers Can Easily Make Money From Home

The other day I talked about the 27 ways to be frugal to save money . Today I’ll talk about making money so that you can save more money. It’s really like saving money to make more money. There are a lot of ways to make money from home. You can actually make a decent income from that. The reason many are not doing that even in times of financial need is mainly because of the lack of patience to build it up. Many want big, quick money. It’s not going to work. Not only do you put your skills and talents to work, you have to promote and market your products and service. I have here:

6 Ways Mothers Can Easily Make Money From Home

  1. Baking
    Lots of people love home made breads. It is very easy to make and taste way better than the commercial ones. No preservatives and other additives are added. I had tried it before and it was very saleable.  A friend of mine also made bread to sell. She made 40 loaves a day and sold them for $2-$4 depending on the type of bread. Just loaves of bread alone each day brought in about $100 a day. That’s good money. You can also bake cookies and others for sale.
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27 Easy, Practical Ways To Be Frugal To Save Money

Every penny saved adds up

Every penny saved adds up

Poor Background

I came from a poor family and we were taught from very young that every cent counts and that we have to make it a top priority to save every cent that we can. However we were also taught to be generous and give to needs. Frugality is a good lifestyle. Being frugal just means living economically and not wasteful.

Important Family Teaching From Young
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5 Important Keys To Living Your Best Life Everyday

Dream, think and relax

Dream, think and relax

How is your life?

Is life too mundane, boring and dull? Have you lost the spark to what life has to offer? Are you overwhelmed by the complexities and confusions around…….the swine flu pandemic, the wars, the economic downturn, job losses, house repossessions, family breakdowns and a whole long list of others? Are you drowning your anxieties and worries in drinks and sleepless nights? Well, you are not the only one to go through I can gurantee you. Many people are going through deep depressions. But you can put a stop to that.

Out of control?
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5 Ways To A Great Weekend

A GREAT WEEKEND?

Are you going to have a GREAT WEEKEND? Is it going to be dull, boring, lazy or one that’s really exciting and fun? Are you allowing things that happen this week to affect your weekend or are you making plans to have a great weekend despite what happened this week?

Rough and Tough Times

I am not too sure about you but I thought this week was a bit rough for me. Met some friends yesterday and realized that I was not the only one……stories of tough times in the family, in the job, in a new place, in school and higher institution. Then there were much anxieties and concern about the swine flu pandemic that’s hitting London hard.

In fact I was told that people even have swine flu party to get the flu earlier rather than later during the seasonal change or in winter. The news from TV confirms the fear of a double in the number of swine flu cases over the past 7 days with 100,000 new cases.

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