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How to Save Electricity While You’re Working at Home

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labour force now work from home full-time! Listed below are the 5 best measures you can take in order to conserve energy and save on monthly electricity bills. Cut Down Screen Time. Perhaps the best way to save electricity is to cut down “on-screen time” when you’re not actually working. Incredibly, 42% of the U.S

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Save Money with Geothermal Heat

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From insulating your home, replacing windows, even completely upgrading your heating system to something more efficient, the options are endless… Including A Free Option Heating may take up about 45% of your utility bill, but luckily, there is more than enough heat to supply your home, sitting right beneath your feet.

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Seven Questions to Answer Before You Retire

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Be sure to determine how you will cover normal medical, dental, eyeglass and etc bills as well as what you will do in catastrophic cases (like a major accident or long lasting disease). As a corollary, are you and your spouse ready to be together full time (assuming both of you will be retired)?

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Find out How Acadia & Her Husband Paid off $97,000 in Student Loans

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It took us two years of my husband working full-time at his job and then using every other second to work on the house. We sacrificed a lot of time together and took on a lot of stress during this time. I handle paying the bills and managing the day to day spending. Can you cut your cable bill?

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

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I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. It was all consumer debt spread over 5 credit cards. The bill was paid for in cash! What do you and your spouse do for a living? What are your hobbies? . We live in New York. We are a close family that likes to laugh. How much debt did you pay off?

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

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I can’t even imagine how many repair bills from plumbers, electricians, appliance techs, and auto mechanics he has saved us over the years. My biggest financial regret is the amount of money we spent on restaurant meals from the time we were married and both working full time to when we had kids.

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Meet Carrie. She Paid Off $14,000 in Debt in 14 Months.

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After my first marriage fell apart, I ended up with over $14,000 of consumer debt, made up of a car loan and credit cards. I took on extra work outside of my full-time accounting job. I only pay for Netflix and Hulu Plus, which is around $18 a month — a far cry from my $90+ satellite TV bill. Next summer?

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