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What Money Advice Would You Give Yourself If You Could Go Back in Time

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We often think about what we would tell ourselves if we could go back in time and provide some advice to younger versions. The money advice I would give a younger version of myself falls into two categories: “What were you thinking?” Don’t Give Your Future Self More to Be Upset About.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

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Before we get to the list, if you haven’t started planning for Christmas, I offer this FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget Excel Worksheet to my email subscribers. Enough was enough and we have since changed our ways of budgeting for Christmas gifts. Christmas cookies are as synonymous with the season as gift giving.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

Before we get to the list, if you haven’t started planning for Christmas, here’s my FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget Excel Worksheet to help you get started. Enough was enough and we have since changed our ways about budgeting for Christmas gifts. Christmas cookies are as synonymous with the season as gift giving.

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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

I can remember quite a few years in college and grad school when my part-time jobs juuuuust barely covered my expenses (and sometimes not even that!) Additionally, it’s really important to us to have money to give to our kids so we save for that reason too. How did you become interesting in saving money?

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Make it a game and be creative when looking for money within your budget and finding new ways to earn extra money. Groceries is the easiest budget category to overspend. There was a time (pre-pandemic) that I ate lunch out almost every day with friends. 10 – Rethink your gift spending and create a budget for the year.

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How to Become a Vegetarian

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I could never give up meat”. I know there are many others who are interested in becoming a vegetarian or even a part-time vegetarian (for the record, I despise this expression. I found most other meats disgusting for a variety of reasons, and by the time I stopped altogether, it was just down to these two.

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

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Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. Drew works full time for Department of Defense. Farrah works part time for Department of Defense. Making a budget and cutting expenses. Nice visuals and monthly budget meetings kept us on track and accountable.

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