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Friday Links – Cabin Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I wrote a test for my course and did good on it so that has taken some heat off. I have another test next week and then a final and the course is done. She writes How Newlyweds Mess Up Their Finances to show just how important it is to have this crucial conversation with your mate. Happy Friday everyone. Gosh time flies.

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The High Price of Excuses, Justification, and Avoidance.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Last week I was having a conversation with an acquaintance who just moved to Central Park Towers, a luxury building right on Central Park West in Manhattan, i.e. my dream location… if I had a million dollars. Considering that she too is an unemployed actress, and we were having this conversation at an audition, I asked about cost.

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Budgeting for Life

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I have found that the course of current events has made me hyperconscious of the importance of developing financial stability early in life. It’s Not Just Important for Children Currently, I’m getting a crash course in just how vital budgeting, preparing and planning for the future is to the stability of your financial future.

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

Family Balance Sheet

” Her comment was echoed by another (in real life) conversation I was having with a different friend who is sending a child off to college this fall. But for our own safety net, we must make our finances a priority. We charted out our course of action to pay off debts and start saving for retirement. Is that possible?”

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HELOC Vs Home Equity Loan: How Do They Work?

Savings Corner

Key takeaways Home equity loans and HELOCs are both financing tools that allow you to borrow against your ownership stake in your home. Home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) and home equity loans are two similar finance tools — methods of borrowing money against the ownership stake you have in your home. Home equity loan: What is it?

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Mourning the Loss of Privacy

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

What ever happened to the need for a subpoena to listen in on your phone conversation, instead of having digital analysis point out conversations using certain terrorist tagged keywords? Now drone planes could fly over our house and listen in on our conversations.( What will the world be like in 50 years if we stay this course?

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How to Break the Cycle of Unhealthy Habits

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Carrying around an extra fifty or hundred pounds of weight all day, every day is certainly not simpler in the long term- on joints or health or finances. Grabbing fast food or whatever’s convenient, skipping workouts, etc. is only easier in the moment. Perhaps that’s the real problem.

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