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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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Together they blog about becoming debt free and location independence in order to serve the world at Life with a Mission. Daniel is a WordPress plugin developer at grow development and blogs at [link]. She blogs about books at [link]. We sold extra items that we weren’t using through Craigslist and garage sales.

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

After that, while you all primed and interested in personal finance, continue and read the awesome articles that were written across the web this week regarding personal finance and enhancing your lifestyle. My Multiple Incomes: Blogging and Freedom of Speech – A look at where your freedom of speech ends when you blog.

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Wait, Don’t Buy That Yet!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I own a blog and some other websites and have been wanting a new camera to take pictures and videos for them. Since my blog is set up as a business, I could deduct the expense – or at least depreciate the asset over time – reducing my taxes. However, I wait until spring and summer to buy decorations – and get them at garage sales.

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10 Reasons You’re Broke

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you make $50,000 a year after taxes and spend $60,000 a year, your finances are going backward. You go weekend e-baying, garage-saling or to the flea markets. Not pretend our finances are fine. The key is to rectify these issues and manage our finances in a way that gives us what we need with what we have.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I pointed out the multitude of new blogs related to saving money, being frugal, getting debt under control and learning about finances. We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

The Frugal Girl is one of the few blogs whose URL I have memorized, so I’ve never missed an entry! I don’t want to feel like I’m wasting all the gifts I’ve been given, including my finances. Hosting garage sales & reselling items. Oh, I think it’s been nearly 15 years now! I have two!