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Across all income levels, the recession has led shoppers to reevaluate their spending and adopt cost-saving strategies — and people say those new habits will last even after the economy recovers.
What we're buying — and not buying — says a lot about how consumers are feeling these days.
It may be a tough economy, but female shoppers are more apt to buy cheaper over-the-counter cough syrup to save money than to scrimp on food for Fido.
Adrienne Radtke plans to keep riding her bike to work even if gas prices drop. Steve Pizzini got rid of his Cadillac Escalade in favor of a 16-year-old Acura and doesn't expect to have another gas-guzzler.
“It’s just a different way of thinking.”Michelle MacKenzie was talking about the switch from shopping at Target or Safeway to buying clothes and toys at the thrift store and food at the farmer’s market. But the eco-conscious mother of two might as well have been talking about buying only American-made products, or eating only locally grown food, or deciding to buy as little as possible. Or she could have been speaking for anyone who has decided, for one reason or another, to put her money where her mouth is.
Liberals read more books than conservatives. The head of the book publishing industry's trade group says she knows why — and there's little flattering about conservative readers in her explanation.
There it sits on your night stand, that book you've meant to read for who knows how long but haven't yet cracked open. Tonight, as you feel its stare from beneath that teetering pile of magazines, know one thing — you are not alone.
When The Associated Press asked the presidential candidates about their bad habits, they did not fess up to anything that would sink the republic.
The 13-year-old girl took a whiff of the steamed carrot, then took a taste.
Are you doing anything in public you shouldn't be - maybe grooming yourself and grossing people out?These days, if someone seated near me on my morning ride is putting on makeup, someone else is clipping his fingernails (and, on one odd occasion this summer, a toenail). Or they're plucking eyebrows, tying ties, squeezing pimples, even spraying perfume.
Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder is nothing to be laughed off. In its more extreme instances, OCD can devastate a person. If you have questions about OCD, please visit the OC Foundation website for more information.
Why Healthcare May Always Cost a FortuneEven if a health care reform bill is passed, this article expresses the view that health care costs will remain very high, unless we take better care of our health.
MSN Careers - 10 Worst Work Habits - Career Advice ArticleWhen two people fall in love, they only see sunshine and rainbows when they look into each other's eyes.
We know that the three pillars of personal confidence are our sense of achievement, belonging and self-esteem. If we do not feel we belong, or have achieved enough, our self-esteem tends to suffer.
We all try to be perfect, with mainly negative results, every day of our lives. The only way to avoid sterile perfectionism which gets us nowhere is to improve our confidence. But this is no easy task when we are all governed by our thought patterns and old habits cling fast.
5 Keys to Healthy Eating (Part 1)Hoo-rah to healthy eating! This is an awesome article that really does a great job of outlining what healthy eating is all about.
February 02, 2009 11:43 am I still feel there is a lot of quibbling over whether FDR or Reagan were the more correct, when what we need is brand new 21st century economic theory. And postpartisanship. Justice not scapegoats.
Fetish guard died in office looExcerpt: A FETISH-OBSESSED security guard - who put on a rubber diving suit and mask while working a night-shift - died during a bizarre sex ritual in toilets at his office.
Attention, Shopaholics: Your Weakness May Be a Proper Disease First there was John A. Thain's $87,000 rug. Then there was Citigroup's planned $50 million corporate jet.
Robin Redbreasts may be symbols of Christmas sweetness but are bloodthirsty killers It's an association that probably arose from the fact that postmen in Victorian Britain wore red tunics as part of their uniforms and were nicknamed ' Redbreasts'.
GET HAPPY! - 10 Things Science Says Will Make You HappyExcerpt: In the last few years, psychologists and researchers have been digging up hard data on a question previously left to philosophers: What makes us happy? Researchers like the father-son team Ed Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener, Stanford psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky, and e …
12 Reasons to Really Quit Smoking - Health - usnews.com---Never mind cancer or heart disease for a moment. Here are some nonobvious reasons to snub cigarettes---
Kids Mimic Parents' Diets from an Early AgeNot surprising perhaps, but definitely worth taking a look at
7 Habits For Long Term Weight LossIt is not easy to lose weight for a short term let alone have long term weight loss. It is also not easy to break some of those bad habits that have gotten so well established.
10 Reasons You Aren't Rich The list of reasons you may not be rich doesn't end at 10.
Lucid Dreaming - Learning to Wake Up in DreamsThe practice of Lucid Dreaming seems to be greatly enhanced by the moment to moment awareness during the waking consciousness of just "Being," releasing attachments to habits of thoughts that keep the mind in constant states of agitation and distraction.
Climate 'altering UK bird habits'A number of UK bird species are laying eggs significantly earlier than they were 40 years ago, a report reveals. A conservation coalition's report says some finches, robins and tits are all laying earlier and puts this down to warming caused by climate change.
Visualize Habits of Highly effective peopleAn interesting Visualization of the book; 7 habits, which I have never read.
The 10 Most Annoying Habits of Technology CompaniesFed up with rebate hassles, nagging software, and skimpy support? So are we! The everyday practices of hardware, software, and Web firms can drive their customers bonkers. Here's how to fight back.
Can you become a creature of new habits?Brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel synaptic paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.
Think Like Leonardo da VinciKeep a notebook of thoughts and things that inspire you or make you laugh -- AND do the following: 1. Curiosità: Take a curious approach to life. 2. Dimostrazione: Don't just accept what others tell you; go see for yourself.
Can you become a creature of new habits? Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. "Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting herd," William Wordsworth said in the 19th century.
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