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Fun with your clothes on: 5 ways to get more out of your vacation

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

One of my cousins planned the whole trip, which was fine when it came down to buying tickets, hotel reservations and document translation services (for emergencies). I wanted to buy a ticket back home. The post Fun with your clothes on: 5 ways to get more out of your vacation appeared first on Prairie Eco-Thrifter.

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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This includes Christmas savings, extra mortgage payment, clothing, hobbies, anything frivolous, and sadly, contributions to charities and our retirement will also be paused. We didn’t have enough cash saved to buy a car without a loan and that wasn’t sitting well with me. Are you working from home?

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How to Simplify Your Life to Make it Better

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We are encouraged to buy this, go there, do that and the result is that many of us are living lives that just don’t measure up to what we want. This is what I did and the job was much bigger than I thought so, come bed time, the bed was still under a pile of clothing! Modern life is so frantic. Will I wear/want this? Do I need it?

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Needs vs. Wants

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Now folks seem to need much more space for their clothing and shoes. Home offices. Yes more folks work from home these days and the tax laws encourage setting aside a space to dedicate to a home office. I managed with one until I was 30. Now we have two people in our house and three bathrooms! Need or want?

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50 Best Small-Business Ideas – NerdWallet

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You could start your own real estate agency, working with businesses or private citizens to find the office space, house or apartment that’s right for them. Everyone could use a well-designed website, online materials, email campaigns, physical print work and more.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

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” Daisy presents Taking Care of Clothes posted at Add Vodka , saying, “I somehow doubt its a secret that I have a large wardrobe. I love clothes, and they really are to blame for my spending problems in the first place. Linsey presents How Do I Work from Home with No Skills? Real Estate.

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