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How much money should you REALLY spend on a wedding ring

If you're looking up how much you should really spend on an engagement ring, you're probably tired of all the same ol' crappy posts about wedding rings. (Yes, I know wedding rings and engagement rings are different) . Yes, we know the diamond industry wants us to spend more. Yes, synthetic diamonds are flooding the market, and yes, I saw “Blood ...

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I Want To Buy Something: how to make expensive purchases (guilt-free)

People ask me all the time, “Ramit, I want to buy something, but I don't know how to make expensive purchases without feeling guilty about what I spent. What do I do?” Don't worry. You can make expensive purchases without feeling guilty or judged. In fact, you should feel amazing spending money on things you love. If you want to ...

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How to plan a vacation trip in 7 steps (travel blogger style)

Planning a vacation doesn’t have to be a pain. That’s why I want to show you a great system you can use to plan the perfect trip. How to plan a vacation (and not hate yourself) Do you know what one of my favorite parts of vacations is? No, it’s not going to awesome places. The backyard ...

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How to save for your wedding (+ advice from a wedding planner)

Real quick: How much does the average wedding in the United States cost? If you guessed anything other than $35,329, you’d be wrong. Let me ask you another one: How is it possible that someone can spend this much money on a single day? To answer that question, you have to understand that every little part of the ...

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Here are 50 books I recommend

I’m a big reader (I try to read two books a week), so people often come to me for good book recommendations. That’s why I decided to compile a list of 50 recommended books to read that I absolutely love — and think you will too. I do have one request before you jump in: Follow Ramit’s Book-Buying ...

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How to travel cheaply (with advice from pro travelers)

Here’s a hot take: People who say that they love to travel ... rarely ever do it. Instead, they’ll pepper you with excuses as to why they haven’t traveled but still wish they could. “I don’t have enough vacation days!” “I’m just way too busy with work/school/binge-watching-the-entirety-of-Game-Of-Thrones.” “I’ll finally go backpacking eventually.” However, ...

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Welcome to the age of abundance

Who knows someone whose house looks like it came out of some design blog? I’m talking about the people who make DIY centerpieces from their great-grandmother’s 3rd grade lunch box. I have a friend with a place like that, and eventually it hit me why her apartment always looked so put together: She ALWAYS has fresh flowers all ...

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Meet my mentor, Jay Abraham

Jay Abraham likes to say, “you are surrounded by simple, obvious solutions that can dramatically increase your income, power, influence, and success. The problem is, you just don’t see them.” He’s right — the right choice in life isn’t always clear. And it’s no fault of anyone. After all, we all have a HUGE amount of choice ...

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“No-meeting Wednesdays”

On Monday, I wrote about what happened when my business grew faster than I thought possible. Now, let’s take a closer look at one of the tactics I used to make it happen. (This is something you can use whether you run a business or not.) A few years ago, I found myself getting tons of emails from readers, ...

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$10,000 giveaway for my 10-year anniversary

UPDATE - THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED You ever wake up, hungover, and think back to something you said the night before, and physically cringe? Now imagine if that dumb thing you said was written publicly for all time. Here, I’ll show you below. Ignore the ugly design and colors. I actually WROTE THIS POST in 2004. My idiotic ...

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