Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 3, 2012

If you fail to start thinking of your retirement plan now (regardless of how old you are), I think you will fail to achieve your goals. In doing so, it forces you to work towards accomplishing this goal. In fact, thinking about your retirement now can help make the adjustment socially when it comes time to adjust.

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Goals Money Hobby At&T 184

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 20, 2017

A life goal of ours is. working full time at a low-paying job and going to grad school full time, while my husband was working multiple jobs just to help us make ends meet. get better once I had my masters degree and could teach full-time. full-time so we started bringing in a decent amount of money.

Debt 100

Debt Debt Free Friends And Family Sale Budgeting 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 18, 2011

She started blogging in early 2010 and is now blogging full time. However, over the last year, she has made huge strides in reaching her weight goal. She blogs about personal finance at Budgeting in the Fun Stuff and how she earns money at How I Money Online. Crystal will be sharing her weight loss journey here at PET.

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Personal Finance Houston Budgeting Budget 124

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 18, 2017

We eventually alleviated the situation when I retrained for a high paying career and went to work full time (after those 10 years at home with the kids). If you have a big goal in life and don’t feel that your job is letting you work toward that goal, you won’t feel good about the work. What are the symptoms?

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Work At&T Goals Kids and Family 133

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Entering the Job Market If you’ve just started looking for a job, you may also be putting together a budget for the first time. Consider directing at least a portion of your pay toward long-term financial goals, like saving for retirement and purchasing a life insurance plan. You truly never know when the unexpected will happen.

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Life Insurance Insurance Graduation Financial Goals 52

Saving Everyday

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Follow these tips, and you’ll reach your goal in no time! I’m using Christmas as the goal because it’s three months away, and that’s what most people are looking for this time of year. Having said that, use this as a guide to work towards your goals all year long ! Sell it and save it!

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Saving Money Budgeting Budget Money 52

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

I read this book around the same time that I became a mother and left the full-time workforce to stay at home with our new baby. Create our family’s financial goals and Debt Freedom Plan. While our setup has helped us achieve many of our financial goals, we have made many mistakes over the years.

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Office Family Finance Kids and Family 130

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2015

I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. If married, who initiated the debt free goal? Were there arguments during the time you were working on your debt? The short term sacrifice was for the long term goal of being debt free. What are your financial goals now?

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Debt Credit Cards Debt Free Credit 100

Saving SAHM Sanity

JANUARY 1, 2012

I set a bunch of goals I wanted to achieve in 2011 and thought I'd have plenty of time to do them. Not sure what made me become so gun-ho about attending, but I talked it over with DH and he had no problem with me going, so by the end of January 2011, I became a part time college student! At the end of Dec 2010, I was a SAHM.

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2011 Goals College Part Time 40

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

My husband is an extremely hard worker as he works and goes to school full time. He has paid a price to win with hard work and sacrifice to reach his goals, and I truly admire him for that. If married, who initiated the debt free goal? Were there arguments during the time you were working on your debt?

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Debt Debt Free Bath and Body Works Gas 100

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 13, 2016

Drew works full time for Department of Defense. Farrah works part time for Department of Defense. Working together, sharing the same goals and vision, talking about milestones. If married, who initiated the debt free goal? Were there arguments during the time you were working on your debt? Its exponential.

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Debt Debt Free Finds Home 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 4, 2013

It’s been a little over a year since I was able to meet my goal of being full-time and a regular employee in the company, and I have since realized that it’s not all I had cracked it up to be. I started two years ago and have worked my way into a spot that I thought would make me happy since.

Making 187

Making Work At&T Politics 187

Saving SAHM Sanity

JULY 22, 2011

This September I'll be a full time college student (taking all of four classes) My other half has also decided that he would like to go back to school and will be in college as well. My goal for most items is to keep the cost under $1 an item. Seriously, where did the summer go? Check back for great deals!

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Labor Day Shopping College September 45

Saving SAHM Sanity

JANUARY 2, 2013

Even though I didn't meet most the goals I set out to accomplish, I'm not disappointed. But anyway, this is how I did: Save $1,500 by using coupons and $3,500 by shopping sales: I spent 9 out of the last 12 months being a full time Honors college student, I didn't have much time to coupon.

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2012 Goals Student Activism 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 21, 2012

in an effort to overcome the perception that a full-time mother has ample amounts of free time. Remember, the key here is balance and a give-and-take mentality will get you closer to your goal. It’s OK if your house is messy for a day or you serve chicken nuggets for dinner one night. Realize your value.

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Making Kids and Family Mother's Motivation 186

Finally Frugal

JANUARY 1, 2011

With that said, here are my goals for 2011: Attempt to double my income (from roughly $40,000 from the day job to $80,000 including all of my part time and full time income. We'll see how things go; I'm definitely committed to following through with my goals, and though they seem rather daunting at this stage.

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New Year's Goals 2008 2011 45

For the Mommas

JANUARY 10, 2011

Today, in fact, I went as far as to make a list of about 25 goals for 2011. One of the highest priority goals on my list? Make more time for myself. I work full time, blog full time, have a husband to pay attention to, dinners to cook, and a house to clean. Evaluate your life, priorities, and goals.

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Back To Basics Goals 2011 Library 69

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Career advancement is the goal, of course, but your choice of concentration is what will shape the path that leads there. And then there’s the fully online degree—convenient, certainly, as you can study at the times that work best for you and at a pace that’s suited to your own learning needs. Pick a Concentration.

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Student Part Time Pace Re-use 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I was barely sleeping more than 3-4 hours a night; I was in school full time as well as working full time; I was training for a marathon and still managed to find time to party with my friends and see my family. Now I have a hard time getting through an 8 hour work day some weeks. What is your story?

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Full Time At&T Work Activism 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I read Millionaire Women Next Door around the same time that I became a mother and left the full-time work force to stay at home with our new baby. Create your financial goals. If you get a chance, find this book at your library and read it, especially that chapter. Review the Family Balance Sheet and spending monthly.

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Office Money Family Finance 182

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 23, 2016

“ Did you know that in 2014, women working full time in the United States typically were paid just 79 percent of what men were paid, a gap of 21 percent?” Would it be different than if your son came to you with the same goal? The gender pay gap is alive and well – but why? I think it would.

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Daughter Son Women Work 150

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 2, 2015

It took us two years of my husband working full-time at his job and then using every other second to work on the house. We sacrificed a lot of time together and took on a lot of stress during this time. If married, who initiated the debt free goal? Were there arguments during the time you were working on your debt?

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Student Debt Debt Free Finds 100

Coupons Do Work

MAY 17, 2016

And don’t forget to register for Pizza Hut’s Book It program , offering free personal pan pizzas for meeting reading goals. Allstate -offers Good Grades Discount for full time students under the age of 25 with high grade. Participating locations only, so be sure to call ahead and make sure yours has a program.

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Free Stuff 2016 Baskin Robbins Student 100

Finally Frugal

MAY 30, 2012

My goal is to pay my loans down to $20,000 by the end of the year (an ambitious goal, for sure) so in January I can sell my stock and pay it all off once and for all! My student loans are now down to $39,071 !!!! I started the year at around $49,300 so I think I'm doing well for being five months into the year.

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Debt Student TV shows Goals 40

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Moreover, you’re in charge of your client load and schedule, so professional photography is a great way to build a side hustle while working full time elsewhere. If you don’t mind driving, this can be a quick and easy way to make money—whether on the side or as a full-time gig. Take a page from Harp Design Co.

Real Estate 52

Real Estate Re-use Podcasts Work 52

Saving Cents With Sense

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

If you are spending more time than advised, see how you can streamline this time and be more efficient. Even if you work a full time job and can’t physically get in the classroom, chances are she can give some suggestions of things you can help with from home. How can I help in the classroom? So don’t hesitate, ask away!

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Communications Parenting Telephones Phones 40

For the Mommas

JANUARY 11, 2011

Set a goal that a couple of times of month your “savings” from your receipt actually goes into your savings account. Shelly is a full-time fourth grade teacher and blogs at Coupon Teacher. I always deposit my rebate checks and survey checks directly to my savings account. That is money that you have already spent.

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Back To Basics Saving Budgeting Budget 59

Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 10, 2014

I took on extra work outside of my full-time accounting job. Who initiated the debt free goal? Were there arguments during the time you were working on your debt? He leaves most of the financial goals up to me, but we make the decisions together. What are your financial goals now? N/A (I was single then).

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Debt Debt Free Financial Goals Goals 227

Savings Corner

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

If you’re over 21 and still have trouble qualifying: Even with a full-time income, it can be hard to qualify for a traditional credit card if you lack a credit history. That’s OK — the main purpose of student cards is to build credit with the goal of qualifying for better cards down the line.

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Credit Cards Student Credit College 52

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 10, 2012

Beating Broke presents I Quit My Job: Back to Work posted at Beating Broke , saying, “If you’ve been following the I Quit My Job series, you’ll know that I quit my full-time job back in November 2011 and have been working a part-time job and running my websites ever since. I find myself looking more and more often.

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Money May 2012 Debt 113

The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

A lot of blood, sweat, and tears were shed here, but we both agree that having no mortgage gave us a serious leg up on our retirement savings and other financial goals. My biggest financial regret is the amount of money we spent on restaurant meals from the time we were married and both working full time to when we had kids.

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Green And Frugal Kids and Family Hotel Frugal 179

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 30, 2011

Outside of my blogging life, I work full time as a magazine editor/designer for a large national company and I also teach part-time at a local University. And for fun, I study new ways to save money in my life (yeah, seriously, I find that fun… ), garden, and spend time with my wonderful pets. No related posts.

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Frugal Hobby Green And Frugal Home and Garden 157

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 26, 2011

Like I mentioned a couple weeks ago, my goal here at PET is to bring a wide range of viewpoints and strategies to the world of personal finance, living green, saving money, and being healthy. Outside of her blogging life, she works full time as a magazine editor/designer for a large national company.

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Personal Finance Finance Green And Frugal Goals 133