Weekly Wrap-up - Week 4

Another week, another Weekly Wrap-up. I've had a cold for the past couple of days, so I've been home from work, feeling pretty crappy. The only upside is that I've been getting a lot of use out of my DVD collection as I rewatch some of my old favorites while I'm at home in bed all day.

On the financial side, I bought a plane ticket to visit my family for Christmas, which cost me about $400. I probably could have gotten it for less if I'd bought it much further in advance; I'll keep that in mind for my next trip.

Favorite posts from the past week:

• How Do You Reconcile Acceptance with Striving to Improve? @ Zen Habits - This is something I've been thinking a lot about lately. I like my line of work, but I've hated my last two jobs and I'm contemplating moving again soon. The job hopping has me wondering if I really am striving to improve by trying to find a job that will push me to get better, or if I just need to be a little more accepting of my circumstances.
  
• Turning the Tables on Telemarketers @ Get Rich Slowly - I loathe telemarketers too, so I was particularly amused by the story at the end of this post.
  
• Credit Is a Disease You Won't Catch Here @ Gather Little By Little - An interesting comparison between debt and disease.
  
• Human Resources - Funny Funny @ Single Ma's Fabulous Financials - Another amusing anecdote. The blogosphere was full of them this week.
• Five Ways Being Lazy with Money Got Me into Debt @ Lazy Man and Money - Laziness was one of my biggest downfalls in my pre-financial revolution days too. I was guilty of all of these except number four.