2019-12-03 00:18
Answer the question honestly before you read on…
There are two types of people in this world. The ones that think they are right and the ones that are.
The above is meant to be a joke… Read More
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Insight Writer is a blog written primarily by Jeremy Day. An avid student of life who writes about personal health, personal finance, and personal development.
2019-11-18 21:36
How Eating Meat Can Save the Planet
I often like to link to articles and provide a nice commentary on them…
Not much more I can say except that this guy spent 6 years as a vegetarian… Read More
2019-10-28 19:58
I’ll make this Friday post short and sweet.
We are most likely headed for a Depression or a lost decade like Japan had. At least you will hear these references more and more in the com… Read More
2019-10-21 19:27
Normally I don’t make a whole post about one article, but this one was just too good to pass up. It was written on the Lifehacker website and it has made the rounds on all the social m… Read More
2019-10-14 19:00
At first glance, this may once again look like something completely, or at least remotely related to personal finance.
How does buying local improve your personal finance situation? My answe… Read More
2019-09-30 17:17
I just so happened to be able to touch the Stanley Cup this week and shake hands with Sidney Crosby.
Sometimes you just need to be in the right place at the right time…
Originally pos… Read More
2019-09-23 16:37
*This is a guest post by Daphne @ Joyful Days.
The last recession, which in my part of the world happened around 2002, was worse for me than the current one, even though all the statistics s… Read More
2019-09-16 16:24
After my last post about testosterone I figured I would give everyone a more feminine related post. Instead of a post about how to boost your estrogen, I figured it would be better to talk a… Read More
2019-09-09 16:01
Recently I have been reading a book about making decisions and the psychology behind it. Actually this book is more about neuroscience than psychology but more on that later.
One of the stud… Read More
2019-09-02 15:36
For awhile now I have been procrastinating on something I really desire to do. I have been putting off writing my first book on Personal Finance. Many of you are doing something similar with… Read More
2019-08-26 14:38
Nutrients. That is what the body needs. Vitamins and Minerals. They are so important that we are advised to take a multivitamin just in case we don’t receive them in our normal diet. W… Read More
2019-08-19 14:18
Who is great?
For all of my life, I have been enamored by my heroes. People who rose to challenges and occasions of great consequence. People who served as role models and examples in dark t… Read More
2019-08-05 13:31
At the end of the day, you and only you, are responsible for your personal finances. Only you can fix your financial situation and put things to order. Only you can be your own Director of F… Read More
2019-07-29 12:36
If you are holding a dollar bill in your hand, is it an investment?
Think about that for a second. A dollar is what? Just a piece of paper. It is a promise by our government that it is worth… Read More
2019-07-15 12:06
Perhaps the greatest thing you can do to improve your health is to invest in yourself…
By invest in yourself I mean you should do things that help make you a better person. Help you g… Read More
2019-07-08 11:26
For those of you that play card games such as poker, there always come a point in the game where you have a decision to make…
Your calculating your odds of winning with the hand you h… Read More
2019-07-01 10:34
There is certainly a power in writing things down. I truly believe writing your goals down will help you accomplish them. This exercise is a little different and I think it will help you do… Read More
2019-06-17 09:54
Even though I just started this blog on October 10th it has seen a lot of visitors. Over 8,000 to be exact. With almost double the pageviews. The most commented posts are on the left side un… Read More
2019-05-27 07:51
Have you ever just sat down and thought about how amazing the human body is? It is a wonderfully complex machine capable of so many things. How variable the human body is continues to confou… Read More
2019-05-20 07:35
What is health? How do we improve it? Why should we improve it?
These are questions we don’t think about too much until we become “unhealthy”.
By thinking about it this way… Read More
2019-05-13 06:38
This post kicks off a week of writing about health. The article about the title is below, but I wanted to share a few things with you first. Right away I am going to tell you that besides ha… Read More
2019-05-06 05:30
Many of us walk through life with something constantly weighing us down. Not having the same energy levels or the same level of health as other people. That silent nuance that could become a… Read More
2019-04-22 03:08
I had this thought in the shower this morning, and it was the first time in a long time that i felt compelled to write something here at Insight Writer.
This past weekend was wonderful. Even… Read More
2019-04-15 02:54
After this whole long series on progression, I am starting to wonder, why should you progress at all?
Why not just stay right where you are at?
Isn’t it comfortable there?
Do you even… Read More
2019-04-01 01:09
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Anna Miller. Please Enjoy!
In today’s world of cutthroat competition, it’s impossible to survive without a decent education. It&rsq&hell…Read More
2019-03-24 23:27
I am not sure if he first came up with it, but leadership author and speaker Stephen Covey popularized the phrase, “Begin With the End in Mind”.
It basically means that if you ha… Read More
2019-03-17 23:16
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post written by Mark Tyrrell that gives us some practical advice about how to control our mood and emotional level. Enjoy!
The good news is that moods ar… Read More
2019-02-24 21:32
This has to be the question of the century…
I think most or all of us can safety say that we can choose between a bad thing and a good thing. For instance, faced with certain death or… Read More
2019-02-17 20:23
Hi All,
I want to say Happy Thanksgiving to all of you and your families. I am very grateful to have you as my readers, and I appreciate you taking the time out of your day to read this.
Ha… Read More
2019-02-03 18:41
Whether you want to gain muscle mass, lose weight, look better, or feel better, it is wise to consider adding weight lifting to any workout you are currently doing. Or begin the foundation o… Read More
2019-01-27 17:26
Here is an interesting question for you…
How much is your overall health worth?
This question came up over a discussion about the value of a multivitamin. Yet, I think this could appl… Read More
2019-01-20 17:22
First off, I want to speak my personal opinion loud and clear. This is horrible news for me. As an already active stumble user I have friends send me stuff they really want me to see. And by… Read More
2019-01-13 17:01
Walking is man’s best medicine.” – Hippocrates (Greek Physician 460 BC – 377 BC)
Most talk about health revolves around two concepts: diet and exercise. It basically… Read More
2019-01-06 16:51
It seems I keep getting recognized for past achievements. Today I wanted to let you know that Vincent over at Health Money Success has featured me as a Top 50 Personal Development Blogger. I… Read More
2018-11-25 14:11
As the title suggests, there may be a downside to taking all those vitamins you are taking. Recent studies are now showing that taking too many vitamins may actually increase your risk of ce… Read More
2018-11-18 13:12
I would say that the #1 thing holding people back from the living the life they have always dreamed is themselves…
The #2 thing that holds them back is almost certainly their DEBT!
La… Read More
2018-10-21 11:01
Nearly 10 years after the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. has destroyed the ghost that has haunted it for a long time. That ghost is Osama bin Laden, the supposed mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks t… Read More
2018-10-14 10:48
On the last post I talked about the Dave Ramsey Way and his seven steps to financial freedom called The Total Money Makeover. I talked about how many personal finance experts have their own… Read More
2018-10-07 10:08
I am happy to introduce you guys to Ali Hale from Aliventures. She is a fairly prolific writer and if you read some of the more popular personal development blogs out there you will eventual… Read More
2018-09-23 07:55
There are some things I come to appreciate more as I am advanced in years. One, is a good handshake. Two, is a great hug.
We know from research (and our own experience) that non-verbal signa… Read More
2018-09-16 07:33
This is my Saturday Rap where I give site updates and provide you with the best links on the net I found for the week.
First, the update…
Ok, I have a confession to make. I had a bunc… Read More
2018-09-09 06:15
Welcome to the beginning of our talks on Personal Finance!
First off, I want to thank you all for following our articles about health. I’ve learned a lot and I hope you did too. I also… Read More
2018-09-02 05:44
Believe it or not this is one of the easiest things for anyone to do… here is the answer…
Sock away a measly $286 a month for 40 years and you will have a million dollars! Here… Read More
2018-08-26 05:18
This is my Saturday Rap where I talk about my site updates and give you some great links to check out for the weekend.
First, the update…
Not much to update but I will say the Value P… Read More
2018-08-19 03:55
Remember the old game Monopoly? Where you had a little icon that you moved around the board slowly gathering money and property till you could charge everyone else out of the game? Where you… Read More
2018-08-05 01:36
People say a lot of things, both good and bad. Sometimes they mean it, sometimes they don’t…
What do their actions say?
For example, “Someone says they really want to spen… Read More
2018-07-29 00:46
Here’s a quick link to Marc and Angel’s 12 Devious Tricks People Use to Manipulate You.
I hate being manipulated. And this isn’t just about how to avoid salespeople. It&rsq&hell…Read More
2018-07-21 23:53
This is my Saturday Rap where I give sites updates and show you the best stuff I have found on the web this week…
First, the site update…
I am pleased to say that the Carnival… Read More
2018-07-14 23:28
When people are trying to lose weight they normally step on a scale to measure their progress. While the scale may be good to measure overall progress, it is not the best thing to use when y… Read More
2018-07-07 21:46
The power of Focus. Too many times we become powerless because we lose our focus.
I started this blog a week ago and I feel like I have already lost some of the orginal focus I had for this… Read More
2018-06-23 18:33
So in this Saturday Rap, where I give you my site updates and showcase the best on the web, I have a couple of links to everyone else’s best of 2008. There is plenty of good reading he… Read More
2018-06-16 17:09
There is a lot to learn when it comes to hormones, and it isn’t just about testosterone and estrogen, the main sex hormones in males and females. There are actually about 75 different… Read More
2018-06-09 16:26
As I mentioned in the article Eat This Way, there is not a “one size fits all” way to eat, and it is the same for exercise, there is not just one way of doing things.
When it com… Read More
2018-06-02 15:38
So I just got a great email from my friend Lauren. Overall, this will tend to be a fairly serious site, but I do want to interject a bit of humor now and then. So here is what Lauren wrote m… Read More
2018-05-26 15:01
For those of you that are long time visitors and supporters you will notice the recent change in the look of my blog. I decided to make it a lot simpler, a lot more reader friendly, and use… Read More
2018-04-28 10:38
Many times we come to a point of desperation and don’t know what to do. We feel helpless. We feel lost. We might even feel ashamed because we aren’t supposed to feel this way. We… Read More
2018-04-21 09:53
There are ultimately a thousand and one reasons to blog. Why I blog fits a couple of those reasons and why you might want to blog might fit some very different reasons. Whatever the ca… Read More
2018-04-14 08:51
Let’s face it. When it comes to money management we can be downright horrible. We do all kinds of stupid things with our money. And we do all kinds of stupid things to make it and get… Read More
2018-04-07 08:36
… my Saturday Rap. Where I share with you the best stuff I have found on the interwebs ( and give you a site update…
First, the cool stuff I have found…
Ok, last week wa… Read More
2018-03-31 07:12
Here it is folks. A little break from writing about health to bring you some personal finance distractions…
If you have looked at my popular post sidebar widget you will have noticed… Read More
2018-03-24 06:44
Time again for the 4th annual Top 10 from Insight Writer. Hard to believe we are going on 4 whole years. Lots of ups and downs. Recently Google hit my pageviews pretty hard with their &ldquo&hell…Read More
2018-03-17 06:04
There is nothing in this world like some nice long restorative sleep. Great sleep keeps us alert during the day. It helps us remain alert. It helps improve our memory. It evens helps us lose… Read More
2018-03-10 05:32
Most people, including myself, love Top 10 posts. People love Top 10 of anything simply because it shows us what everyone else thinks is the best stuff out there.
For all intensive purposes… Read More
2018-03-03 04:07
This post marks the half way point to my goal of writing fifty two posts on personal finance, one for each week of the year. A goal I set so I could produce my first book.
One of the major k… Read More
2018-02-24 03:38
This whole time I have been trying to encourage you, the faithful reader, to invest in people without making it sound too self serving. But deep down I think we all know a few cliches have a… Read More
2018-02-03 01:13
I think we can all agree that living a healthy life requires the right mindset and the right lifestyle. In fact, our lifestyle is often what gets in the way of our health. I for one am a roa… Read More
2018-01-27 01:08
Have you ever wondered how people find their passion in life? I mean really, how hard can it be? People who have found their passion know exactly what I am talking about. If you haven’… Read More
2018-01-12 23:05
As you can probably tell, I’ve been on a personal finance kick lately. I think the general trend you will see here is me switching back and forth between my three themes. Personal Deve… Read More
2018-01-05 21:13
Money matters tend to be a very private affair. Even married couples sometimes have trouble sharing the details of their financial lives with their spouses.
Yet one of the best ways to impro… Read More
2017-12-29 20:29
This one is pretty simple. There is nothing like money in the bank. You need it, you go get it. End of story.
Many people live paycheck to paycheck. They have debt, and no money in the bank… Read More
2017-12-22 19:37
One of the best things I ever did in my life was to have my employer direct deposit 10% of my check into savings. Besides paying down my debt, this was the single biggest thing I ever did to… Read More
2017-12-15 18:58
* This is a guest post by Bill at GeekMBA360.com.
Every day I get a few email questions from readers of my blog, asking for advice on getting a job in the current environment. One thing I al… Read More
2017-12-08 17:58
If you would like to see better results you need to start tracking some things…
For better health track calories…
For better finances track your expenses…
For better fit… Read More
2017-12-01 17:05
This is just a friendly reminder…
Don’t just read all this stuff about health…
Go out and do it…
Try it for yourself…
See what works and what doesn’t… Read More
2017-11-24 16:12
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Eric Siu. He gives us another good workout routine and makes a great point. You have to keep mixing things up to keep seeing results. Let me know… Read More
2017-11-17 15:45
This might seem like a detour from your normal health advice, but it certainly isn’t. Emergencies sometimes turn out to be a life or death situation. If you have the knowledge and tool… Read More
2017-11-10 15:05
“The first wealth is health.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ask yourself this question… Would you rather be rich and have poor health, or poor and have great health? The ans… Read More
2017-11-03 13:49
“Value”
A word with many meanings. With our current economic situation I have been thinking about this one word a lot…
What is Value?
After much contemplation over the wor… Read More
2017-10-27 13:19
There is actually an easy way to help yourself to spend less, and that is to actually increase your price sensitivity.
Think of it this way… When was the last time you said, “Wo… Read More
2017-10-20 11:50
Some people actually think money will solve all their problems.
Actually I think we are all guilty of that thought every now and then. The scary thing is when we actually believe it.
Don&rsq&hell…Read More
2017-10-06 09:06
Miracle you say? How many times does something live up to the hype? A miracle drug may help with an illness but they rarely live up to the hype. Because of the Paleo movement bone broth has… Read More
2017-09-29 08:55
“Never Take Counsel of Your Fears” – Andrew Jackson
I came across this quote recently and I wanted to share it and some of my thoughts about it with you all.
Andrew Jackson… Read More
2017-09-22 08:16
I would like to think most of us have some form of dislike for waste.
I’d like to think I am not alone when I say that I feel bad for throwing food out that has gone bad.
I’d lik… Read More
2017-09-15 07:53
Recently I have been challenged on what I believe to be a healthy diet. After all my research I thought I was getting everything dialed in. I knew what foods to eat and what not to eat. I kn… Read More
2017-09-08 06:53
*This is a guest post by Alex Fayle of Someday Syndrome.
After reading Jeremy’s post on being your own financial advisor (http://www.insightwriter.com/2008/12/10/why-best-investment… Read More
2017-09-01 05:51
You have to ask yourself…
How many times have you thought about doing something little and skipped over it? Thought about throwing that piece of trash away… thought about sendi… Read More
2017-08-25 05:15
Here we go again…
52 posts on health over the next few weeks and months.
The Personal Finance Challenge went over better than I thought it would, and I am excited to start talking abo… Read More
2017-08-18 04:03
Do you remember the story of the tortoise and the hare? Basically the hare overestimates his ability for speed and the tortoise wins the race by simply keeping a steady yet slow pace.
Its se… Read More
2017-08-11 03:41
With a new year, and a new President, many people in the U.S. are making prognostications about the future of the economy. People are asking many questions…
How long will this recessi… Read More
2017-08-04 02:14
This has been said by many people but no one more famous than Christopher George Latore Wallace….
He had a point. At least in his life the more money he had, the more people created p… Read More
2017-07-28 02:04
We live in a world today where everyone and everything is vying for our attention. People are constantly asking for your help, for your effort, for your advice, for anything. Things need you… Read More
2017-07-21 01:15
There once lived a little grasshopper in a green meadow. All day long he went chirping and jumping around to his heart’s content. One day, along came an ant with a load full of corn th… Read More
2017-07-14 00:25
Back when I was writing my personal finance challenge series I wrote an article called Invest in Health.
Basically it was about not being afraid to spend some money on good preventive health… Read More
2017-07-06 23:53
How do you receive money?
For the most part, people receive money by spending time on a business or in their job. Thus, a certain amount of time spent translates into a certain amount of mon… Read More
2017-06-29 23:25
If I were to have a K.I.S.S. method it wouldn’t read “Keep It Simple, Stupid!”, it would read “Keep It Simple, Smarty!”
Because we are not really stupid in the… Read More
2017-06-15 22:23
Using your money more efficiently simply means “getting more bang for your buck”. It was inspired by a previous post of mine called On Being Frugal: The Joys of PB&J.
In that… Read More
2017-06-01 20:37
“Routine”
Oh, the old daily routine. Get up, eat some food (for us breakfast eaters), wash up, head to work, work, work, work, come home, participate in any number of activities… Read More
2017-05-11 18:57
Have you ever felt like you were stuck in a rut? Plateaued in your life? Not able to make it further?
Or maybe have you ever felt just lost? Not sure what to do with yourself? Fel… Read More
2017-05-04 18:33
This is my Saturday Rap where I give updates about my site and also share with you the best links I have found on the web.
First, the update…
This has been one of the best weeks in te… Read More
2017-04-27 17:55
I just found a great little link that shows you what 200 Calories looks like in pictures…
It has about 50 different pictures of various foods and how much you would need to eat of the… Read More
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