Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

While these take somewhat longer to complete, classes are usually scheduled for weekends or evenings, allowing students to continue working, earning a living, and advancing their careers in other ways. Seeking out a traditional or part-time program may leave you with limited options, especially if you aren’t interested in moving.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Here are some ideas for new hobbies that will get you off the couch and add to your well-being. It’s also a great hobby to teach children, grandchildren, or students. Putting your hands in the dirt and nurturing different plants to grow in different environments fulfills a primal instinct that goes beyond just filling your time.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 4, 2011

The same kind of over thinking tends to infect financial advice, as well, especially when it’s doled out to college students who are desperate to come up with ways to make a few extra bucks between studying for exams and balancing their social lives. Eat right and exercise, and you’ll be fine.

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Finally Frugal

DECEMBER 26, 2011

It's been quite a year; I have a total of four jobs (one full time, three part time) and am beginning to make a dent in my student loan debt. By the end of this year, I will have increased my income by over 70% (compared to my one full time job). Hello, and Happy Holidays, folks! So that's it!

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Saving SAHM Sanity

JULY 22, 2011

This September I'll be a full time college student (taking all of four classes) My other half has also decided that he would like to go back to school and will be in college as well. Where I live school doesn't start until after Labor Day, but I know a lot of other states start as early as the middle of August, YIKES!

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Saving SAHM Sanity

JANUARY 2, 2013

Well, 2012 was a very bad year for my family. But anyway, this is how I did: Save $1,500 by using coupons and $3,500 by shopping sales: I spent 9 out of the last 12 months being a full time Honors college student, I didn't have much time to coupon. Read 10 books of my choice: This I did! I actually got to read 13!

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Finally Frugal

MAY 30, 2012

My student loans are now down to $39,071 !!!! I started the year at around $49,300 so I think I'm doing well for being five months into the year. What that means, though, is that I'll have to pay at least $3,000 per month towards my student loans for the rest of the year. Student Loan Debt: $61,762::::$39,070.

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Nicoles Nickels

JULY 11, 2013

I gave up a full scholarship years ago to get married right out of high school because I was, well, young and in love. Time passed, and as a sometimes happens, we grew apart and eventually divorced. And I now have 2 wonderful grandchildren to love as well. Well it is and it isn’t.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 20, 2017

medical bills, a small credit card, both of our cars, and student loans. cars, and finally our student loans. working full time at a low-paying job and going to grad school full time, while my husband was working multiple jobs just to help us make ends meet. We are debt. free except for our mortgage.

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Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

My husband is an extremely hard worker as he works and goes to school full time. It started with $40,000 in consumer debt (vehicles, credit cards, small student loan) and then sold our home and eliminated the $140,000 of mortgage debt. As well as me starting up my education full time and completing that.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

As an IT consultant, you’d more than likely be able to offer remote services as well as on-site assistance, giving you freedom and flexibility while working in a field that’s in high demand. Everyone could use a well-designed website, online materials, email campaigns, physical print work and more.

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The Frugal Girl

DECEMBER 4, 2023

As far as Christmas stuff I do now…well, last Christmas and this Christmas, I’m in single mom and full-time college student mode. In short, I definitely have less time to do Christmas activities as compared to years ago.

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Family Balance Sheet

JULY 13, 2016

Drew works full time for Department of Defense. Farrah works part time for Department of Defense. Student Loans – Paid off $37,000. We won’t tell you what it had profited, but its done VERY well – it all started with a small idea that we could chew off and God blessed it. We are from Cincinnati, OH.

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For the Mommas

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Qualifying children generally must: Be under age 19 or under age 24 and a full-time student, and younger than the taxpayer, (or any age if permanently and totally disabled); live with the taxpayer for more than half the year; and not provide more than 50% of their own support for the year. Credit to Amazon MP3. Share This!

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Brian and me at the Sears Tower Having our first child just one month after our first wedding anniversary was NOT in the plan, but so far it’s worked out well! I’d load up that dishpan with whatever gear and ingredients I needed, and carry it down to the one full kitchen in the entire dorm of 150+ students on the first floor.

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I also had a blog several years ago (a little more on that below), but these days I write periodic essays at A Word on Substack as well as short, inspiring (I hope) messages most mornings at Good Notes. I came into adulthood struggling to pay my way through college and then struggling to repay student loans on a small salary.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 10, 2012

Frank presents Passively Managed Funds posted at Individual Investor Strategies , saying, “Short-term mutual fund trading is a zero sum game played against other very well informed mutual fund traders and other securities market traders. Do you have thousands of dollars worth of student loan debt and/or credit card debt?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 5, 2014

Check out the careers that pay well and then back into a field of study that you find interesting! See full methodology. Maybe you like helping people get well and think you want to be a nurse. Did you know that unless you get a masters degree you are likely to earn less than $65K a year for full time RN work?

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