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	<title>Midlife Beginnings</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A Brooklyn Evening</title>
		<link>http://www.midlifebeginnings.com/2008/06/21/a-brooklyn-evening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a tough month, but I&#8217;m taking a weekend to myself, where I&#8217;m not doing anything work-related.  It feels good.
M. and I went down to the new Ikea that opened up in Brooklyn last week.  I was against this Ikea being built, because of the traffic it will generate in my quiet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Never Stops</title>
		<link>http://www.midlifebeginnings.com/2008/06/11/it-never-stops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a rough couple of weeks, which is the reason for the darkness here at Midlife Beginnings.  Work problems have exploded.  Management&#8217;s plan was to outsource the bulk of our work to teams in India, but to have it be managed from NYC.  They trained the teams in India, laid off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Perfect Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.midlifebeginnings.com/2008/05/26/a-perfect-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 23:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Brooklyn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My blog has been a bit depressing lately with talk of a slowing economy, layoffs at my company, and a generally toxic atmosphere at work.  But this weekend put all of that out of my mind, at least for a couple days.  The weather here in Brooklyn was idyllic; upper 60&#8217;s and low [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Layoffs</title>
		<link>http://www.midlifebeginnings.com/2008/05/22/more-layoffs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 02:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There was another round of layoffs at my firm yesterday.  This just doesn&#8217;t seem to end.  It hit our IT group and our &#8220;special investments&#8221; group (the ones who put together all those crazy &#8220;structured finance&#8221; securities).  Two good friends &#038; mentors of mine were let go.  
It&#8217;s been stressful to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dodging the Bullet</title>
		<link>http://www.midlifebeginnings.com/2008/05/14/dodging-the-bullet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 01:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve written an entry.  When I don&#8217;t write much it means either that something is on my mind, or that I&#8217;m very busy.  In this case, both of these scenarios were my reality.
Word has been going around at my company for the past couple weeks that layoffs were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monthly Financial Update for April</title>
		<link>http://www.midlifebeginnings.com/2008/05/03/monthly-financial-update-for-april/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midlifebeginnings.com/2008/05/03/monthly-financial-update-for-april/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 00:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As expected, it turned out that April was a good month financially.  
I hit two milestones: my net worth is above $60,000 for the first time, and I have over $100,000 in assets.  I never thought that would happen! Too bad most of it&#8217;s in my retirement account and can&#8217;t be touched for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Vacation?</title>
		<link>http://www.midlifebeginnings.com/2008/05/01/158/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midlifebeginnings.com/2008/05/01/158/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 01:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I got out of work at 5 tonight (a half-day for me), and decided to take the night off.  I was home by 6, had eaten by 7, and now it&#8217;s 9:30.  The dishes are done, I&#8217;ve caught up on my blogging buddies&#8217; blogs, and now I&#8217;m settled in to write a blog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buy, Carry, List, Pack, Mail</title>
		<link>http://www.midlifebeginnings.com/2008/04/27/buy-carry-list-pack-mail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midlifebeginnings.com/2008/04/27/buy-carry-list-pack-mail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s been my life this weekend.  My book supply has been running low so I decided to really make an effort to increase my inventory.  And I sure picked the right weekend.  Saturday morning I went for a bike ride and hit all the stoop sales in my neighborhood.  And there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief Respite</title>
		<link>http://www.midlifebeginnings.com/2008/04/21/a-brief-respite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midlifebeginnings.com/2008/04/21/a-brief-respite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Book Selling]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So for the first time in a few weeks I got home at a decent hour tonight.  Was out of work by 5:30, and home before 7pm!  So I will take some of my time to write a blog entry, and then will do a full hour of yoga after I&#8217;ve finished.
Matt from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Light at the End of the Tunnel</title>
		<link>http://www.midlifebeginnings.com/2008/04/16/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midlifebeginnings.com/2008/04/16/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m finally seeing the end coming for my recent busy spell, and it can&#8217;t come soon enough for me.  Today was a beautiful day in NYC and, for the first time in about a month, I took a real lunch hour.  I heated up my lunch (leftovers from last night&#8217;s beef stew dinner) [...]]]></description>
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