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Be Selfish – GIVE!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Motivational finance books, such as The One Minute Millionaire or Think and Grow Rich stress the importance of giving. They claim that if you give, you get back a thousandfold more. Humans are hard-wired to give. The individual has to give something to get the benefits of the group. Giving makes you healthier.

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Q&A | focus, blogging for money, and prepping for a split

The Frugal Girl

Since I don’t know any details about your financial situation, I can’t give you any specific ideas about how not to keep making things worse, but I can try to answer the focus question. Few of us humans are motivated by shame, and that includes shame we heap on ourselves. JEG I really did not! from early blogging days!

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Five Frugal Things | free Starbucks for me!

The Frugal Girl

I give the revamp a 10/10. I don’t think I’ve said anything about this before, but I got my first two semesters of school totally paid for, so I am quite motivated to continue with the FAFSA/scholarship thing.) We shall see how long I can keep up my not-buying-food-at-college streak. ?

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How do you handle tipping?

The Frugal Girl

I know I’ve heard the argument that goes like, “Tipping ensures that people are motivated to give you good service.” The service you received was the bare minimum; just food preparation. I’m not a very fancy person, and I’m happy picking my food up from the counter.

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Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending

The Frugal Girl

The repeated defrosting cycles tend to cause freezer burn on foods pretty quickly, so I try not to keep things in my kitchen freezer for long at all. Related: A post about freezing food in glass jars. And here’s a post about freezing food odds and ends. One of them can even give birth to a baby!

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Healthy Habits - Gamification Apps for Healthy Habits

Motherhood Moments

This amid throngs of other behavioral science studies validating the power of gamifying weight-loss efforts: money-motivated obesity intervention and prevention. For fun-seekers who enjoy engagement, Fitocracy is an app offering online games and social networks to help users stay motivated improve their fitness.

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Amazing Apps: Health-Seekers Level Up Self-Care with Gamification Apps

Motherhood Moments

For fun-seekers who enjoy engagement, Fitocracy is an app offering online games and social networks to help users stay motivated improve their fitness. Making a game of increasing exercise and making healthier nutrition choices can be a powerful way to provide additional motivation.

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