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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

To be financially free, you have to stay the course financially. Cryder George Loewenstein titled “Tightwads and Spendthrifts” which found that: “Consumers often behave differently than they would ideally like to behave. How to stay the course. In spite of a 2009 study by Scott I. Rick Cynthia E.

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Unintended Consequences

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

These members have been spendthrifts since day one and have been lobbying for several unneeded (in my opinion) improvements for several years. Here’s How My ‘Free’ Kitten Cost Us Over $9000. Could I have changed that result by anticipating the members’ reactions? Possibly, but not likely. Money Tips'

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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. If it couldn’t be done for free, we didn’t do it or did it very, very seldom. That took forever! We line dried all of our clothes, summer or winter.

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