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Money and Life in Your Forties

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I loved being home with my birth family as a kid, going to elementary and high school, finding new found freedom at college in my teens and early twenties, striking out on my own in my twenties, having and raising my babies in my twenties and thirties. Find ways to integrate exercise into your daily life instead of latching it on to your day.

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Seven Retirement Lessons Learned

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In hopes of helping someone out there find answers to their own retirement questions, I share today my own retirement experiences and lessons learned to date. However, I haven’t learned this lesson too well, as I still have the second plan, which is a 401K. Lesson One – Do the Math.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

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Savvy Scot presents Defining Purpose and the Importance of Moderation posted at Savvy Scot , saying, “This post seeks to find the purpose in what you are doing. I find myself looking more and more often. Savvy Scot controversially talks about how to spend money and what so many financial bloggers are doing wrong!

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