Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

We all have been taught that a college degree is the path to the good life, but is it still – when students are emerging with heavy debt and little chance of a lucrative job? I graduated from State U with a liberal arts degree in the early 1970s – when there was a world wide recession followed by stagflation. What are the alternatives?

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Finally Frugal

JANUARY 8, 2011

In any case, I came across an article with suggestions for how to use this windfall. Although the article doesn't mention it, I think this extra money could enhance your health by paying for a gym membership - as long as you actually use it; Finally, how about having some well-earned fun?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 4, 2011

With the advent of the Great Recession, today’s populations are re-learning frugality and expense reduction. The strategies did keep us out of debt however, and instilled in us habits of self-reliance, attitudes of ‘we can do that’ and a measure of life-long thriftiness that we might not otherwise have had.

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Home and Garden Cars Car Re-use 198