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How to Save Electricity While You’re Working at Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Perhaps the best way to save electricity is to cut down “on-screen time” when you’re not actually working. Since you don’t have office distractions at home, try finding a way where you can complete the work early and not waste time on social media or web surfing. Keep an eye, and you’ll end up saving huge.

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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

My husband and I have four kids ranging from age 3-8, and I am a stay-at-home mom. 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. What’s the “why” behind your money-saving efforts?

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Now that we’ve paid off six figures of non-mortgage debt , we are working on saving 6 months’ expenses and maybe even more. Consider setting the money aside in a savings account that isn’t immediately accessible and doesn’t have an ATM attached to it This will help to avoid any impulsive non-emergency spending.

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

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They’re taking a gap year between high school and college. And in adulthood, they are stashing their incomes and living hyper-frugally to save for early retirement, instead of waiting to 65 to fulfill their dreams. .” ” Recently Go Banking Rates conducted two studies on savings rates with startling results.

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How to Simplify Your Life to Make it Better

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Apparently there are some simple rules when it comes to de-cluttering and re-organizing your work space. Having discovered how much better my de-cluttered work space made me feel, I decided to try the same strategy at home. As you de-clutter your home, consider more than simplifying your closets. Do I need it on my work space?

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Being self-employed, we have a higher starter fund on hand and when we pay off our non-mortgage debt, we will save to at least 6 months expenses and maybe even more. Remember this account is specifically for your emergency fund. It is NOT a spending account. We use an online account like, Capital One 360 (my referral link).