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Q&A | focus, blogging for money, and prepping for a split

The Frugal Girl

Few of us humans are motivated by shame, and that includes shame we heap on ourselves. If you do that, you might find that you have more little sparks of motivation than you think you do! Did you ever think when you began this blog that you would be making a living with it? from early blogging days! JEG I really did not!

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Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending

The Frugal Girl

The repeated defrosting cycles tend to cause freezer burn on foods pretty quickly, so I try not to keep things in my kitchen freezer for long at all. Related: A post about freezing food in glass jars. And here’s a post about freezing food odds and ends. Here’s my cinnamon bread recipe , in case you want to make some!)

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12 Fitness Tips for a Better Lifestyle

Koupon Karen

In this blog, we will take a look at essential tips that serve as your guideposts for cultivating a healthier, more active lifestyle. Start with clear, manageable objectives like improving your 5K time, incorporating more plant-based foods into your diet, or simply being active for 30 minutes a day.

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How do you handle tipping?

The Frugal Girl

Here’s what she said: I am curious how you and fellow blog members handle tipping. I know I’ve heard the argument that goes like, “Tipping ensures that people are motivated to give you good service.” The service you received was the bare minimum; just food preparation.

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

Family Balance Sheet

Together they blog about becoming debt free and location independence in order to serve the world at Life with a Mission. Daniel is a WordPress plugin developer at grow development and blogs at [link]. She blogs about books at [link]. We have led 7 sessions of Financial Peace University mostly to keep ourselves motivated.

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4 Great iPhone Apps For Losing Weight

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Keeping track of how much you eat and knowing what goes into the food you eat is very important. Let’s face it, we are human: we forget stuff, make mistakes and we lose interest and motivation very quickly. We just need a little something to help us keep track of things, not just as a reminder, but as a source of motivation as well.

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Grocery Budget Challenge | January Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

We don’t want to make our families miserable with bland meals, boring snacks, and not enough food in the house. Part of my motivation was that I’m hosting this challenge. I’ll be organizing my kitchen too and (of course) blogging about it at some point. My success : My January grocery budget was $450.

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