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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

She lost both of her jobs in the course of a month, and they consequently couldn’t meet the mortgage payments on their almost new home as a result. Why stay the course? To be financially free, you have to stay the course financially. How to stay the course. Even today, many are still unemployed or underemployed.

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How to Rebuild Financial Trust in Your Relationship

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If one of you is a spendthrift and one is a saver, financial feuding will be a given unless the two of you can find a way that is agreeable to both of you to manage your disparate financial personalities. This, of course, is a struggle, and finding financial harmony can take years, though it can be done.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

But, I can’t believe people are making big bucks telling other people how to control their spendthrift ways, or sharing how to shave a few cents off a grocery bill. Of course, we also tried to maximize our income. I wish we’d thought of writing a book or something on it because we sure lived the life!

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