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Live Green and Get More Green in Your Wallet

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Renting movies in this way is a great way to stick to your budget, over maintaining a dish or satellite TV system. Avoid Consumerism. Surrounding yourself with people who have similar goals is a great way to save money because when you’re all in the same boat it’s easy to share tips to help one another out. In the U.S.,

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P.E.P. for the Week of February 14-18/11-Planning Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I also find that setting goals makes a difference. Consumerism Commentary asks us if we are better off than our parents ? We wrote down a list of our current expenses, our current goals, and where we are at. I like the idea of helping them out with setting up a budget. Watson Inc. We actually just implemented this.

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Delayed Gratification: A Strategy to Curb Over-Spending and Secure A Sound Financial Future

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The consumerism of the current financial climate drives us to acquire more and more ‘stuff’, whether we really need it or not. We’ve said it before but we’ll say it again – create your own budget so you always know how much money you have for spending on ‘wants’. When you think about it, most impulse buys involve a want not a need.

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