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Where I found money in February

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I have used the extra money to pay off debt, fund family trips, or build up our Christmas savings. I donated plasma 5 times in February which is short of my goal of 8 times. I usually donate on Friday and Sunday mornings and I missed a few days due to schedule conflicts. Plasma earnings: $325. Rakuten: $233.93.

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Where we found money in March 2021

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I have used the extra money to pay off debt, fund family trips, or build up our Christmas savings. This money will be put in our Medical Out-of-Pocket budget category. I donated plasma 5 times in March which is short of my goal of 8 times. This money is purely from donation earnings and equates to about $27.60

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Saving Tips & Free Crediting Monitoring

For the Mommas

Saving more (52%), spending less (19%) and paying off debt (19%). Create a budget. If you achieve it, nothing happens, but if you don’t achieve it, the site will charge your credit card and donate money to a charity whose cause you hate. Paying Off Debt. The top 3 financial resolutions?

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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When we added my grad school loans to our other debts and our regular. strict budget. towards our debt. Little by little, we paid off each loan before moving. towards debt. We committed to using a cash budget, and we talked daily at. loan was paid off and we had that much extra to go towards the second.

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How to Recognize the Hidden Costs of Christmas & Trim the Fat

Saving Cents With Sense

Start the New Year off right by making a commitment to save money and pay off debt. Look for sources of cash that you can tap into and pay down debt. While many food banks burst at the seams with donations, they might run short on help sorting and distributing the food items.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Nicole from Nicole and Maggie: Grumpy Rumblings of the Untenured tells her story about giving Self Serving Donations. This doesn’t mean you will always live with a cash budget, although you certainly could. Pat S from compounding returns asks Pay Off Debt or Invest for The Future ?

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Meet Stacy. She and her husband paid off $20,000 in 8 Months.

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Live junk and debt free! Barry worked extra side carpentry jobs and we put all that money toward debt. I taught coupon and frugal living workshops and put any donated money toward the mortgage. What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt.

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