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How to Save Electricity While You’re Working at Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The Coronavirus pandemics led to many lifestyle changes and one of the biggest is the severed connection between public office environments and its staff. labour force now work from home full-time! Cut Down Screen Time. Check the power management features of your computer and make sure you have the right settings.

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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. IT consulting Do you have experience with computers and other types of technology? Take a page from Harp Design Co.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

I biked to the library, to the mall, to the TCBY, to visit my parents at their offices in the university, to the pool, basically everywhere a kid would want to go. They had me, and then my mom decided to go back to school full-time and get a PhD. The freedom was amazing. This was in the early 1990s, for reference.

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Gender Inequality in 2014

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We weren’t given much (if any) encouragement to follow a dream, pursue a career, be a scientist or engineer, computer programmer, sports hero or pilot. There are 25 high level government offices that have never been held by a woman. Student council was for the guys, girls didn’t get elected. We earn less than the guys.

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Cutting the Gender Wage Gap

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Did you know that unless you get a masters degree you are likely to earn less than $65K a year for full time RN work? Later, I ended up going back for computer sciences (which I enjoyed even more) so that my earnings potential was greater. This after 4 or more grueling years of medical and science classes at university.