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My Story on How to Successfully Take Courses While Working Full Time

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

One of the things many of you may or may not know about me is that my entire university education has been acquired while working full time. When I was allotted TV time, I didn’t use it to watch the standard children’s shows. In Grade 12 I received a scholarship for the college that offered this program.

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Best College Student Credit Cards of February 2024

Savings Corner

FULL LIST OF EDITORIAL PICKS: BEST COLLEGE STUDENT CREDIT CARDS Before applying, confirm details on the issuer’s website. If you’re over 21 and still have trouble qualifying: Even with a full-time income, it can be hard to qualify for a traditional credit card if you lack a credit history.

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Graduates – Use Summer to Learn How to Avoid College Fail Points

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you are going on to college in the fall, don’t let summer roll by without doing some preparation work to help you avoid typical college fail points. Time to find out. Talk to any alumni you may know (hint parents, cousins, that kid that went off to college last year) to see what they know about it.

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Thankful Thursday | This is where I’m supposed to be

The Frugal Girl

I’m busy and it’s a lot of work, but I am delighted to be a full-time student. *Ok, But for the purposes of this post, I’m saying I’m glad I didn’t drop out of my second go-round with college. Ok, I did kinda drop out of school back in 1997! I always say that I took 24 gap years.

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Factors to Consider When Accepting a Job

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The first job, doing institutional research at a community college, was going to challenge my mind, use my refined research skills and writing ability, was in a more formal office setting and had the perks of free classes (which was nice if I wanted to do any sort of personal development). I sat down and analyzed each job.

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Back to school shopping

Saving SAHM Sanity

This September I'll be a full time college student (taking all of four classes) My other half has also decided that he would like to go back to school and will be in college as well. Seriously, where did the summer go? My son is going into the 1st grade and his school supply list has over 60 items on it!

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Healthy Habits: Navigating Life with an Eating Disorder

Motherhood Moments

As always, life got in the way during the 2 years we spent writing FULL. Alayna graduated high school and moved away to college, all the while working on the book. She had to keep her “why” in mind every time she sat down to write in order to let go of the fear. Melissa’s challenges were more with scheduling time to write.