The Complete Self

iPhone 4G is Everything I Thought it Would Be

Matthew Peters — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:34:00 +0000

Why on earth did I hold out for an iPhone 4G? I recently ditched my Samsung Net10 phone. It just couldn’t keep up with where I wanted to go with my business and social life. Seriously. When I traveled (which I have done a lot of recently) I would tote along my phone, Netbook, GPS, digital voice recorder, HD Flip Cam and my iPod. I’m not saying I was living in the days of horse and buggies, but I did bring a bunch of stuff around with me. What now? I spent the last 10 hours, 3 minutes

What Would You Possibly Do With a 50% Pay Raise?

Matthew Peters — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:36:40 +0000

I've been thinking. I'm wondering what YOU would do if you didn't have to pay for your housing next month? If you're a home owner; what would you do if you didn't have to pay you next mortgage payment, or save that extra money away to make your property tax payment? I know our home mortgage use to be a little over $...

Cashing Out Your Car

Matthew Peters — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:44:00 +0000

Do you have a car that is becoming a burden to pay off every month? Do you have a car and would like to cash it out to pay off high-interest unsecured debt like credit cards, personal loans or student loan, etc.? If it is not generating money for you and you have outstanding debt, selling the car you have and down-sizing may be a good option for you. When I was fresh out of college, I was in big-time debt...

No Fat Horses

Matthew Peters — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:58:42 +0000

Many people feel that to lose weight, they have to cut down on how much they eat. In some cases that may be true. However, when putting on muscle and staying fit, you may have to eat like a horse. When working through my last 30-day weight gain experiment, I found that I got what I call “food fatigue.” I was eating so much – more than twice what I normally did, that I just got tired of eating. I wouldn’t even be hungry for the next meal when the time came. I was eating 5 meals a day. What did I do? Well, not enough. As I ate the right foods and cut out fast food, sodas, large desserts, had a “vacation day” every week where I could eat whatever I wanted...

20-Year Night Owl Becomes Early Bird in 1 Day

Matthew Peters — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:06:56 +0000

Since about the age of 15 or so, I have considered myself a night owl. I would stay up or out late and get up late. I even carried that into adulthood. I would stay up until 1:00AM or 1:30AM working on websites, video production, etc. However, over the last several months I have been contemplating changing my life. Not that my life was bad or I was miserable, I just wanted to raise my standards. Around April 27th, 2009 I heard of a program about changing your daily routine. I almost immediately decided to follow this simple program on how to become more productive with my day. At the time I was waking up at about 8:00AM or 8:30AM and my wife and children were up an hour or so before me. I worked late every night and was feeling disconnected with my wife and kids - at least to the extent that I was feeling "out of the loop" in their daily routine. I wanted to contribute to the morning routine. Several changes have happened since then and I want to tell you how it happened...