Need additional tools in the old box? Tips and Tricks Thursday is here with fresh ideas for stale problems.

Need to lose some weight? Here’s a few ways to lose 50 pounds in a year.

Dumb Little Man Tips for Life.

The basic rule of weight loss is that you take in fewer calories than you burn — and if you want to turn a positive calorie balance into the calorie deficit you need to lose weight, just make some smart choices in what you eat and drink, and how you burn calories.

The tips are pretty easy and simple: Drink water, exercise, replace fatty and sweet snacks with vegetables and fruit, etc. I’m working on losing about 50 lbs, though I hope it won’t take a year…

I’m trying to become a better writer and as a part of that, I’ve been doing a lot of reading about writing. In my travels along the interwebs, I stumbled upon this bounty of information. It’s a great source for libraries, dictionaries, and style and editing guides.

My favorite and most well-used guide, though, is still the Chicago Manual of Style, but I’ve been known to dip my toes into the AP Style Guide because it’s got answers to darned near everything related to writing.

Since I’ve moved into an apartment, I’ve discovered that I have more junk than space to store it. I have significantly cut down on my amount of stuff, but I could always use some new tips on how to better use my space. MSN came to the rescue.

Some of the solutions are hiding shelving and other unattractive storage spaces with curtains, using ottomans with storage space, and store stuff up high.

If you’re short on space and high on stuff, check out the article for some new ideas.

Want to raise your chances of having a good day? Lifehack.org has a few tricks to boost that potential.

Waking up early, creating a morning routine (so early tasks become habit don’t require thought), eating breakfast, and planning enough travel time are definitely winners (and all areas that I’m lacking). I’m going to try these out…Especially the getting up early and eating breakfast. Since I’ll be biking to work soon, they’ll be important to keeping me healthy (and employed).

Yesterday, I briefly mentioned taking a few minutes just to be. I wanted to expand on that and to say that I’m serious. There are definite benefits to meditation. I’m beginning to see that and have been trying to spend about 15 minutes a day in meditation. If you’ve got the time, listen to The Meditation Podcast. It’s certainly a great way to learn to meditate for those of us that don’t have a lot of experience.

I’ll let you know how the meditation thing goes…If there are any noticeable changes, I’ll let you know.

Got any tips or tricks? Want to share?

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