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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Although my parents never specifically taught me about finances, they lived a frugal life by necessity. Our mom stayed home to raise us kids; she went to work part-time in the local school system after both my brother and I were in school. The easiest part of being frugal is everything else. Spreadsheets are my friends.

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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

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. Being frugal allows me to stay at home with our little ones, which was always a goal of mine, and my husband has been very supportive of that.

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Designate a Family Office Manager | Marriage & Money

Family Balance Sheet

Even though I was helping my husband from home part-time with his business, I still felt like I wasn’t contributing to our finances and that drove me crazy. But chapter 17 helped me realize that I could contribute substantially to our finances–just in a different way. Create your financial goals.

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Introducing More New Staff Writers at Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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Like I mentioned a couple weeks ago, my goal here at PET is to bring a wide range of viewpoints and strategies to the world of personal finance, living green, saving money, and being healthy. You have all met Derek from Life And My Finances who is bringing you tips on career building and earning extra money.

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

Family Balance Sheet

I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. After trying to extend credit to finance the vacation and we were denied (best thing to ever happen to us) we realized we made too much money to be living like this and something had to change. If married, who initiated the debt free goal?

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What Should I Look for in a Business School?

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Career advancement is the goal, of course, but your choice of concentration is what will shape the path that leads there. Business degrees are available in a wide variety of fields, ranging from conventional focuses like finance and marketing, to the more unique and specialized such as healthcare, or cutting edge areas like data analytics.

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Find out how Jessica & Her Husband Paid off $175,000 of Debt

Family Balance Sheet

Along our part-time business my husband is a senior web designer for Ramsey Solutions aka Dave Ramsey. We live a pretty busy lives and when given free weekends at home we love spending time at home on our little farm. If married, who initiated the debt free goal? At first we did it anyway we could find!

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