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Seven Retirement Lessons Learned

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Hubby retired in July 2007. Then the Great Recession hit so I postponed for a few years. In 2010, my company was just preparing to do their first round of recession related layoffs. Do what YOU want to do, give what YOU want to give, be what YOU want to be. I’m retired! I have been since April 7, 2010.

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Can You Cut Expenses by a Half Million Dollars?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

With the advent of the Great Recession, today’s populations are re-learning frugality and expense reduction. Since cable became widely available in 1990 and we got satellite TV in 2007, we had 17 years of savings of about $51 a month (fees for one step above basic cable) – total savings over 17 years being $10,404.