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		<title>Official Marathon Commitment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was a competitive runner in high school. I still love staying active, and I’ve finally made a full year without a running-related injury. My home state boasts two well-known marathons, which my friends’ frequently rave about. Some have even qualified and completed the Boston Marathon, and I always find their war stories inspiring. In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jamiej527.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3257298&amp;post=246&amp;subd=jamiej527&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Make New Friends&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;and keep the old. Because one is silver and the other’s gold, right? Not quite. Fading friendships are one of the most painful parts of 20-something life. And one of the factors that’s most markedly different than at any other point in my life so far. In college, I really believed most of my friendships [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jamiej527.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3257298&amp;post=238&amp;subd=jamiej527&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Favorite Thing About Being a Real Adult</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;is developing independent relationships with my relatives. And being able to appreciate said relationships. That is all. Filed under: Life, Musings<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jamiej527.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3257298&amp;post=236&amp;subd=jamiej527&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Combating the Wedding Eclipse Effect</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m engaged! Just 9 days into my engagement, The Wedding (capital letters intentional) is already trying to eclipse every other priority in my life. I&#8217;m thrilled at the thought of being with my fiance for life. I&#8217;m eager to begin our lives together, and can&#8217;t wait to conquer the challenges that come with being a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jamiej527.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3257298&amp;post=234&amp;subd=jamiej527&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I work at a bank, so I know all the &#8220;should do&#8217;s&#8221;: keep a register, hang on to receipts, balance monthly&#8230;. blah blah blah. I also know what actually works for living human people: 1) Bank Intelligently That is, don&#8217;t bank emotionally. Figure out what&#8217;s important to you (ATM access? low overdraft fees? lots of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jamiej527.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3257298&amp;post=230&amp;subd=jamiej527&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I previously mentioned, I chose to manage my 2011 New Years Resolutions into quarterly benchmarks. Q1 is over and done, and was a success. During Q1 2011, I&#8230; &#8230;I dropped 15 pounds &#8230;worked out at LEAST 4 times every week &#8230;stayed the course with my eating plan &#8230;increased my 401k contributions to achieve my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jamiej527.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3257298&amp;post=227&amp;subd=jamiej527&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One Thing I Won&#8217;t Do for Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently I won&#8217;t do anything to make a buck. I just finished perusing Craigslist, looking for creative ways to turn my passion for writing into a second stream of income. I was shocked to learn that almost all the writing services advertised on the site were for &#8220;academic ghostwriters.&#8221; Academic ghostwriters create a piece of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jamiej527.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3257298&amp;post=225&amp;subd=jamiej527&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FIfteen months ago, I bought a car. I opted to buy new because a) I was drawn to the stability of warranty b) I figured I could make one big vanity purchase in my otherwise frugal life. I took stock of my current financial situation: student loans balances, my savings, the impact of a down [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jamiej527.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3257298&amp;post=222&amp;subd=jamiej527&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My job is anything but glamorous. Customers assume I&#8217;ve only graduated high school, or at best that I&#8217;m working through community college (NTTAWWT). I see them pausing to edit the &#8220;big words&#8221; out of their speech while they talk to me. I see the slightly-apologetic, its-a-tough-economy-and-you&#8217;re-doing-your-best expressions on the faces of people who watched me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jamiej527.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3257298&amp;post=220&amp;subd=jamiej527&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Challenges of a Budding Couponer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently fallen in love with couponing. I thought I was pretty good at it (I once saved 65% on groceries for 2 weeks) until I began perusing blogs. If I could regularly save 70% I would pretty much crap my pants with excitement. I average between 15-30%. As I work to learn this new [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jamiej527.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3257298&amp;post=218&amp;subd=jamiej527&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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