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How to Pick A Career

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Dr. John Krumboltz, Professor of Educational Psychology at Standford University studies how people choose careers. This can be a good way to pick, as long as you ascertain that there are enough jobs in the field for you to successfully land one with the amount of education you have and that the jobs pay enough to meet your lifestyle needs.

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Naomi’s Christmas: Restorative Aloneness And A Childhood Spent In Retail

For the Mommas

My education as a business woman began almost at birth. Time alone with my father (of blessed memory) Jack Bloom was rare and precious. Cousin Elliot, Ronni’s older brother, took over the business from our fathers when they retired, built it into something completely non-retail but VERY successful, and sold it 15+ years ago.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

I’m fifty years old, married almost 25 years, with four sons of various ages ranging from all grown up to still-working-on-it. ? an illustration I did for one of my son’s books. This is a butcher board table my husband and sons made when we were living in a rental with very little useful counter space. Not at all.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

My degree is in mechanical engineering, but I’m just starting a transition to nursing – before I got pregnant with my son, I was working as a nursing assistant while my husband finished grad school, and planning to go on to nursing school. Did you ever receive any financial education in school or from your parents?

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Cutting the Gender Wage Gap

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you are married and working (even if you work from home), I think that couples should share the domestic and child raising duties and that women have a right to ask their partners to step up to their responsibility as a spouse and a father. Alternatives to Student Loans to Fund Your Education. Career Tips'