There is a good chance that I will be the owner of a new car sometime soon (like the next few months or so). Looking for a good balance between fuel efficiency and inexpensive to repair (something I have not really thought about until recently, regrettably). You are not a car expert, likely, but what would you advise from what you know? Details, including what this car replaces, inside.
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posted by JoeXIII007
on Apr 11, 2013 -
24 answers
This could come across as a stupid question to many people but I'd like to know how I can "feel & think better" about my financial independence from my partner. Sometimes I get a nagging feeling inside that I'd be a happier person if my partner just took care of everything and I didn't have to work so damn hard. I know I should embrace the fact that I have financial independence, am debt-free, good with money, savings and so on and feel good about being able to take care of myself.
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 16, 2013 -
21 answers
I'm buying one of the new iMacs. I'm torn between paying for an upgrade to the CPU or an upgrade to the video card. Help me decide!
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posted by Effigy2000
on Dec 20, 2012 -
7 answers
Where do you turn for advice in solving life dilemmas?
I know about therapy (been there, done that) and asking the hive mind (and you guys are great btw!) I love my family dearly but I feel like I know what they are going to say before I even ask.
So tell me:
-- where else can I turn for new, fresh advice on big life issues (career, jobs, relocating, relationships etc)?
-- how can I really shake up my way of thinking and challenge my own perceptions?
-- how can I help myself solve my own problems with needing to ask other people?
hope that makes sense!
posted by EatMyHat
on Oct 24, 2012 -
17 answers
My daughter has been taking violin lessons for about 5 years now. Her current violin was a beginner/student violin we bought from a music rental company in the northeast. Her instructor has recommended that we need to get a better violin for her, as she is progressing and is reaching the limits of this violin. Living in Maine, there aren't that many local outlets for reasonably priced/good quality student violins, so there are few options other than the internet. Please help me narrow down my choices.
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posted by rudy26
on Aug 15, 2012 -
16 answers
Please be my crystal ball and tell me if I should get my MAT degree at Bard or Tufts University. I hate decisions in general, but in this case the financials are equal, I like both city and country, small settings and larger ones, and a longer haul seems only differently attractive than a short 1-year sprint, plus I probably can't break the tie by visiting.
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posted by reenka
on Mar 29, 2012 -
13 answers
I have lost my faith in full-time fundraising and would like to transition out of it. Here are some ways I have figured out doing this. Help me pick one?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 28, 2012 -
1 answer
Group Decision Processes for Relationship and Family Planning-Filter: How do you discuss and organize all the variables that go into making important life decisions with your partner?
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posted by pollex
on Oct 17, 2011 -
16 answers
How do I go about deciding whether I want kids or not? I'm 38 going on 39. I'm female and I'm single. I live in NYC. And I have no idea if I want to have children. How do I go about truly understanding what I want?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 25, 2011 -
46 answers
What is the poem about branches of a tree, i.e. choices in life, withering when the narrator can't bring herself to pick one?
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posted by ramenopres
on Jul 18, 2011 -
4 answers
I want to quit my job, sell our house, and move our family to a house that has been in my family for several generations. My husband cannot get on-board with this idea.
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posted by anonymous
on May 20, 2011 -
73 answers
I dated someone off and on for a few months last year. We recently started speaking again after months of silence and he wants to try again. I told him not to wait for me and that I couldn't say for sure, but that I may be willing to try in the future. How do I now tell him that I'm seeing someone else?
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posted by Autumn
on May 15, 2011 -
16 answers
Help-with-my-life-filter. I have a psychological issue that several boyfriends and friends have pointed out, and I'm not sure what it adds up to.
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posted by 3491again
on Feb 8, 2011 -
19 answers
I'm considering jumping ship from the iPhone. Android is the natural choice, but I'd love to hear from someone who went from iPhone to (gulp) non-smartphone! I'd consider getting a 3G laptop card or a netbook and just a regular phone if there were cost savings in it, but I wonder if I'm too used to the iPhone. Can it be done??? (contains some swearing and anti-Apple rhetoric).
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posted by tremspeed
on Oct 12, 2010 -
31 answers
How can I make a living doing what I love?
My almost-50 birthday is this week. Several years ago I quit my job to start a new career. I still have little idea how to make money from what I want to do. I'd hate to go back to my former career, and I can't imagine who would hire a man nearing 50, who hasn't had a job in years...
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posted by ifnot
on Aug 15, 2010 -
12 answers
My boyfriend can't decide what he should do about his job. Should he stick with a job he's not happy with but has great job security and benefits? Or is he better off finding something that will make him much happier? Or somewhere in between? Much, much more after the jump.
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posted by Nolechick11
on Aug 6, 2009 -
20 answers
Should I stick with a secure, high-paying IT career where I'm a solo developer with no possibility of advancement, or switch to a much-lesser paying career where I can be part of a team and a larger company and perhaps even advance in the next few years?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 5, 2009 -
15 answers
What can I do to feel more positive and confident while riding out uncertaintiy in "transitional" phases of my life?
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posted by Chrysalis
on May 25, 2009 -
7 answers
What is a classic, perhaps philosophical, novel about individual freedom to choose? So that no matter how desperate the situation you find yourself in, you always have choices about what to do, how to feel and how to think about your situation.
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posted by zaebiz
on Mar 10, 2009 -
23 answers
I need some suggestions for nutritious foods to eat while I'm trapped in crunch mode at work.
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posted by pazazygeek
on Feb 9, 2009 -
28 answers
I have spent the past two years doing on-again, off-again research into the
Baha'i religion. I really like what I see - I'm on the verge of conversion.
There is one problem - something that's nagging at the corners of my mind: Why isn't this religion more popular? Is there something that I'm missing that everyone else is seeing?
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posted by unixrat
on Sep 3, 2008 -
22 answers
I'm on the brink of possibly changing my life. However, logistical and emotional issues are in the way. What on Earth should I do? (warning: More Inside is looooooong)
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posted by divabat
on Sep 16, 2007 -
22 answers
Life is a shambles–Filter. Dunno what I want to do. Anyone who can tell me about how to get into & the experience of lawyering, programming, librarianing, information-architecting, and possibly more doings if I think of them while writing the more inside, will be rewarded with a steaming pile of gratitude. More than you could realistically pretend to care about is inside.
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posted by kenko
on Jan 3, 2005 -
38 answers
It's time for us collegians to sign up for classes again. I am always faced at this time with a dizzying array of choices when looking in the course directory. What was the best college course you ever took and why?
posted by apathy0o0
on Nov 21, 2004 -
51 answers
