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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. But I had no idea where to start or how to go about simplifying my life until I read a magazine article about the psychological benefits of de-cluttering your workspace.

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How To Get The Holiday Gifts You Really Want

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Although gift giving occasions are fun times and typically filled with happy get togethers, getting all those gifts year after year from loving, generous and well meaning friends and relatives can really fill up all the corners of all the shelves of all your rooms. I’ve used it for 15 years. Use An Intermediary.

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7 Steps To Homelessness And What To Do If You Get There

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Use Up Existing Resources. She charged up credit cards to buy food and clothing. Since she could no longer afford to pay it, she stopped the home insurance and stopped using the cars she inherited (also free and clear). Use credit counseling to try to get your financial life back on track. She began to accumulate clutter.