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Increase Your Income | 31 Days to Find $1000

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We can slash our budgets to bare bones, but the quickest way to reach our savings goal is to increase our income. Find a Part-Time Job. She was a stay at home mother and the hours fit her husband’s work schedule. Find a Seasonal Part-Time Retail Job. Find a Seasonal Part-Time Retail Job.

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

Now-I’m a single parent who works part-time, cares for my elder mother, homeschools & runs a farm. My kids both have chronic medical issues that are costly & require much budgeting. By the time I got my degree, I came out being paid vs paying for school! This means funds are tight.

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Designate a Family Office Manager | Marriage & Money

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” Stanley wrote about Susan, a wife and mother who handled all of the financial tasks in her home, from budgeting to making investment decisions. I read Millionaire Women Next Door around the same time that I became a mother and left the full-time work force to stay at home with our new baby.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Make it a game and be creative when looking for money within your budget and finding new ways to earn extra money. Groceries is the easiest budget category to overspend. 4 – Skip the AM drive-thru and eat breakfast at home. There was a time (pre-pandemic) that I ate lunch out almost every day with friends.

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Meet a Reader | Mbmom11, in the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

I’ve been teaching part time for over 25 years. I like to bake and read, and I spend time chauffeuring kids to activities and games. I volunteer at my kids’ school at lunch time and other events. He is also thrifty and is much better at budgeting than I. Here’s MB: 1.

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Are You Financially Ready For Kids?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Besides, if times get hard and you do need to work 2-3 part-time jobs , you can pull that off much easier when you don’t have to figure out babysitting and day care fees. Do you live in a studio apartment or a one-bedroom place because that’s currently what your budget can afford?

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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

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He writes at Debt Discipline about about how his family of 5 deals with money, budgets and debt. I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. So we got a budget together in an excel spreadsheet. Little things like coffee, lunches, fast food etc add up and can kill your budget.

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