Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 20, 2011

Losing Valuable Time. Being employed full-time and running two home-based businesses over the past few years, I’ve learned the true meaning of the phrase “time is money.&# I must consider time commitments before I go ahead with any money-saving initiative. A good example of this is clipping coupons.

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Frugal Personal Finance Frugal Life Money 174

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 19, 2012

Below is a chart that I created with examples of 4 different makes of cars with their listed Miles Per Gallon and the calculated cost of gas per mile for each car. So for example, let’s say that your local superstore has a sale on Huggies Diapers for $5.99 16 cost per mile). after coupons. It is called opportunity cost.

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Buying Online Money Storing Gas Mileage 102

Coupons Do Work

MAY 17, 2016

Card can be used for food, fuel or merchandise at Tesoro Locations. For example: Flying Squirrels (Richmond, VA) – Score An “A” Free Ticket Program – For every “A” on your current K-12 report card during the 3rd & 4th marking period you will earn a FREE General Admission ticket to a regular season Richmond Flying Squirrels’ game!

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Free Stuff 2016 Baskin Robbins Student 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 9, 2011

Soon after this venture, he and a buddy purchased a used pinball machine for $25 and set it up in the local barbershop to collect money from the waiting customers. This is a fairly simplistic example, but it can really work! This way, there will be no repeated questions and your time will be yours again.

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Machines Hobby Money Rent 197

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

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. My new mission was to manage our money to make sure we used it wisely and stretched it as far as possible. One that comes to mind was the purchase of a used vehicle to tow our pop-up camper.

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Office Family Finance Kids and Family 130

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

For example, an MBA with a focus in management can synergize with a wide variety of undergraduate majors, providing those with an expertise in, say, science or medicine with the leadership skills needed to take charge of teams and manage personnel working under them.

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Student Part Time Pace Re-use 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 23, 2016

“ Did you know that in 2014, women working full time in the United States typically were paid just 79 percent of what men were paid, a gap of 21 percent?” the American Association of University Women asked in article The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap. The gender pay gap is alive and well – but why?

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Daughter Son Women Work 150

Saving Everyday

OCTOBER 27, 2023

I’m using Christmas as the goal because it’s three months away, and that’s what most people are looking for this time of year. Having said that, use this as a guide to work towards your goals all year long ! Used clothing, toys, and necessities sell very well. I actually do this a few times a year.

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Saving Money Budgeting Budget Money 52

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Your less math-friendly entrepreneurs could use your help in keeping their personal and business finances in order. Even if you don’t have prior video experience, like graphic design, there are numerous courses online that can teach you how to cut and edit video using programs like Adobe or Final Cut Pro.

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Real Estate Re-use Podcasts Work 52

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 13, 2016

Drew works full time for Department of Defense. Farrah works part time for Department of Defense. Also sell cheap practical stuff at key times, example: for 3 years we sold glow necklaces at the local fireworks shows in our cities during July 4th weekend. Example, Farrah would want a pedicure.

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Debt Debt Free Finds Home 100

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 2, 2015

However, with my husband being an architect and an overall really handy guy, we decided that fixing up the house and selling it could give us enough profit to at least pay off a big chunk of our debt. 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.

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Student Debt Debt Free Finds 100

The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I don’t use it much, but I have run background checks for divorced friends who are dating again through online apps. made by my husband While my husband’s income has increased over the years, we’ve ended up with a lot of (mostly) medical debt that would be easier to pay off if I were/had been able to work full-time.

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Daughter Green And Frugal Money Grandmother 130

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Extra income for me meant anything that I earned above and beyond my full-time office job, from things like freelancing. I made it a habit to transfer the amount of my extra income into my account just for that purpose every single time I was paid, and I never missed it. Small Steps.

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Building Emergency Fund Money Savings Account 225

For the Mommas

DECEMBER 22, 2017

(By the way, security breaches are more likely to occur when a well-meaning, internal employee uses a software application resident on his or her laptop and leaves the device or the program unsecured … in Starbucks.). Advice: Do some quick math — how much time is your existing staff spending on payroll? Or so you thought.).

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May Work Laptops Full Time 64

Coupons Do Work

AUGUST 13, 2016

Spouses and children under the age of 19 (25 if they’re a full-time student) can also take advantage of these savings, as long as they have a discount card in their name. Also: if you don’t use a JCPenney credit card to shop, you can only earn 1 $10 reward per $100 per month. This kills almost any hopes of a great deal.

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Shopping Credit Cards Rewards Sephora 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 6, 2011

You need to make more efficient use of your time, because you only have 24 hours a day. Cut out all the non-core stuff that takes up your time. For example, the only newsletter I subscribe to is GMO’s quarterly newsletter. Too many self-proclaimed long term investors end up using short term trading techniques.

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Club Unemployment Re-use At&T 180