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Meet a Reader | Kim from Iowa

The Frugal Girl

We rented the scaffolding for $50 from Menards so I could finish this massive painting project. I had been at my previous job for 17 years (straight out of college) and it had turned into a very toxic situation. I just wanted to get away and I moved my 401K money to the advisor they referred me to. I work out 4-5 days a week.

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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. Your body has not yet cascaded into steep decline and your mind is still zipping along.

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