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Three ways I’ve made money this past week

Beamer — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:15:02 +0000

As a college student, sometimes you’re really going to have to go ALL out in order to make ends meet. This month has been especially tough since I want to pay off my credit card balance from February (valentine’s, what can I say, I spent too much on my girl). First of all before I get [...]

Study Better Listening to Classical Music

Beamer — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:25:50 +0000

I’ve realized how great classical music is to help me stay focused while studying. Seriously if you don’t have any classical music on your iPod you need to get some right now, and I will tell you why. Upon doing my research, I’ve found that classical music has been linked to many health benefits including brain [...]

Keep track of your bank account

Beamer — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:21:39 +0000

Before there was a time when I would loathe checking my bank account, and this was because I was constantly spending more than my means. This was a problem because I started to overspend. Now I’m keeping my spending under control by checking my bank account and keeping track of how much money I spend. So [...]

Trying to make more consistent posts

Beamer — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:37:53 +0000

You guys know I’m a college student, and as a college student it makes these blogs a little bit hard to maintain. But I realize that writing for UniversityDude has been incredibly fun so I’m going to try and make more posts more consistently. I was inspired to write this post after I read this article. [...]

3$ a day Experiment – FAILED

Beamer — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:37:47 +0000

Unfortunately guys, for me as a college student, I was unable to survive off of 3$ a day and I’ll tell you why in this blog post. Although I thought it was a good idea to save money, after a few days it was just pretty much unbearable. So I tried an experiment where I would [...]

Getting Girls in College, and How to Be THE SHIT

Beamer — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:02:01 +0000

So now that you’re in college, you want to get laid, have relationships, but you have no idea in the world how that’s going to happen. You aren’t exactly the best looking guy, and your pick-up skills are pretty bad. This is where this information is going to come in handy. So I’ve always been the [...]

Sell your textbooks NOW

Beamer — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:10:56 +0000

If you haven’t sold your textbooks yet, now is the time to sell them. The new semester is upon us! So where to sell? I’ll reveal it in this article. Gather up your old textbooks and get ready to make a quick buck. When? The best time to sell for the maximum profit and response time is within [...]

New Years Resolutions

Beamer — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:00:39 +0000

So since the new year is here, I thought I’d be unoriginal and post my new years aspirations. Also let’s check if my current goals got matched or not. First let’s start with the last goals that I posted. So did I end up accomplishing them? Let’s find out I’m buying a computer off debt so I [...]

Living at $3 a day – the experiment

Beamer — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:44:26 +0000

So I’m going to try a new money-saving experiment. This one involves budgeting my meals, entertainment, and splurges heavily. Before I would make my own meals, but I also ate out quite a bit. I also went to the occasional movie with popcorn. So now I’m going to see how much I save by not [...]

9 Things I do when I have nothing to do

Beamer — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:31:15 +0000

First of all HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Now on to the post. Become more productive by filling your wasted time with productive things. Do you find yourself watching stupid videos on YouTube for hours on end? Here are things that I personally do when I have absolutely nothing to do. Don’t get me wrong, everyone needs some downtime. So if [...]