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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.

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50 Best Small-Business Ideas – NerdWallet

Savings Corner

Moreover, you’re in charge of your client load and schedule, so professional photography is a great way to build a side hustle while working full time elsewhere. Clothing boutique For the fashion-forward entrepreneurs out there, consider opening your own clothing boutique. Take a page from Harp Design Co.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

For 20 or so years I’ve been homeschooling my kids, and am now down to about 1 1/2 (one full-time homeschooler, and one doing College Credit Plus with some support). Makeup, nail polish, and clothes. But I had to SHOP for clothes. Cloth diapering. an illustration I did for one of my son’s books.

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When Should Your Teenager Get a Job?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

He didn’t have his first job until the summer between high school graduation and college. My mom expected both my brother and I to find employment when we reached the legal age of 15, and enforced it by having us pay for half of our school clothes (well, the ones we wanted. It’s like having a full-time job.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

My mom cut coupons and sewed her own clothes and mine, as well. I learned from the best, but I believe that a personal finance course should be a requirement for both high school and college graduation. He says we were busy building the house and our careers and it was money well spent because it freed up our time.

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Friday Links – Cabin Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Gosh time flies. I think that is pretty good with working full time and studying. There are tons of ways to make money online and SB from One Cent at a Time writes Making Money Online in Few Unusual Ways to highlight some of the most interesting ways to make your time online work for you.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

I use my hands WAY too much for nail polish to last more than a day, and I vastly prefer a kind of “uniform” over having to make decisions about my clothes every single morning (that sounds exhausting!). They had me, and then my mom decided to go back to school full-time and get a PhD.