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Build Your Home Food Storage Without Breaking the Bank

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Including items that you eat in the normal course of your meals is important, since a vital part of home food storage is rotating your food so that it doesn’t expire. Just as you can build a solid emergency fund by starting small, it’s possible to build up your home food storage a little at a time.

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10 Best Low-Risk Investments In April 2024

Savings Corner

The trade-off, of course, is that in lowering risk exposure, investors are likely to earn lower returns over the long run. It’s also why low-risk plays make for better short-term investments or a stash for your emergency fund. That may be fine if your goal is to preserve capital and maintain a steady flow of interest income.

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

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I have been sharing my passion for simple living on GrowingSlower.com since 2011, and I now have added the Real Mom’s Guide series of books and courses to further encourage my readers! That was in 2008, so you might imagine how that turned out! We got an unexpected tax return, which of course went toward the loans.

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