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What Money Advice Would You Give Yourself If You Could Go Back in Time

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When I’d do things like take out student loans even though I had a full-tuition scholarship and a sweet part-time job in the university cafeteria. Or put yet another trip to Las Vegas on the credit card. My rewards credit cards were feeble, and I didn’t have a plan for using them. Money Tips'

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Current job postings for full-time and part-time opportunities. High school grads today have seen parents using credit cards (or maybe even their cell phones) to charge everything from gas to groceries to online purchases. Yes, if you have a job or a co-signer you probably can get a credit card.

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Growing up, she excelled in academics, receiving top grades all the way through school and then going on to get a master degree in biological sciences and even completing most of the course of study for a doctorate. Although friends tried to help by offering part time employment, she was unable to keep a paying job.

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The 5 Most Important Personal Finance Lessons to Teach your Child

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Prepare for getting into the ones you think you might want to attend – by studying the right subjects, participating in the right activities and working the right kinds of part time or summer jobs. Try for internships to get a feel for what the work is really like. How to manage life activities.

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Find out how Jessica & Her Husband Paid off $175,000 of Debt

Family Balance Sheet

Along our part-time business my husband is a senior web designer for Ramsey Solutions aka Dave Ramsey. We live a pretty busy lives and when given free weekends at home we love spending time at home on our little farm. 10K in car payments, $35K in credit card debt. We followed FPU which was a 9 week course.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

A few years back, I hit my all-time high by borrowing 126 books over the course of one year. Our mom stayed home to raise us kids; she went to work part-time in the local school system after both my brother and I were in school. What’s the easiest/hardest part of being frugal? Yup, I’m a voracious reader.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We especially never put anything consumable (like gas, food, eating out, movies and etc) on a credit card. Peggy : Something really cool being done today is that the stay-at-home Moms trade babysitting days so they can get some time off and give the kids a play day. Of course, we also tried to maximize our income.

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