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How to Save Electricity While You’re Working at Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

labour force now work from home full-time! It’s a complex situation, employees get to stay in the comfort of their homes but are pushed to ensure their productivity still meets the required standards. Cut Down Screen Time. Your savings account will thank you. Incredibly, 42% of the U.S

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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

My husband and I have four kids ranging from age 3-8, and I am a stay-at-home mom. Last year, to make a little extra cash, I started boarding dogs through Rover, and I am about to start a very very part time job using my RN license for a home care company. What’s the “why” behind your money-saving efforts?

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Family Office Manager

Family Balance Sheet

While Susan did not work outside of the home, she treated her role as the family office manager as a job and helped her family achieve financial independence over the course of her marriage. I read this book around the same time that I became a mother and left the full-time workforce to stay at home with our new baby.

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An Easy Way to Save for Irregular Expenses

For the Mommas

The term “sinking fund” was originally a business term used to designate a savings account where a corporation holds funds for the repayment of a debt in order to improve their liquidity. In personal finance, a sinking fund is a savings account that is designated specifically for an irregular expense.

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Are You Financially Ready For Kids?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you’re already barely living from check to check, your credit rating is really low and you don’t have a lot of money in your checking on savings account, you may want to wait before having a child. For the rest of us who rely on two-income household to keep everything running smoothly, day care is not cheap. .

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How I’m Inherently Frugal

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The Single Saver is a website dedicated to helping singles and small families save money with easy to implement money saving tips. Outside of my blogging life, I work full time as a magazine editor/designer for a large national company and I also teach part-time at a local University. I Am A Homebody.

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