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Caring Causes: From the Pocket of an Overcoat

Motherhood Moments

Seuss’ birthday on March 2 (and throughout National Reading Month in March), Read Across America, the nation’s largest celebration of reading, is an initiative to create awareness and motivate children to become excited about reading. The benefits of reading to sheltered dogs are praised by educational programs and rescue organizations alike.

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Setting Financial Goals: Make Them Smart and Simple

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

This helps to keep you motivated. A time-frame keeps you motivated and allows you to measure how you’re tracking. This stands for specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time-framed. Setting a goal for “becoming rich” is not specific ; you need numbers. You need to be able to measure whether you are on track.

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How this Couple Eliminated $180,000 of Debt in 12 Months!

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My husband is finishing his Bachelors degree in Management this year as I continue to pursue my degree in Education. We also listed to The Dave Ramsey Show every day for daily motivation while we worked the baby steps. We went and saw Dave Ramsey at a live speaking event in Dallas, ha! My husband and I are from Houston, Texas.

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