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How To Get The Holiday Gifts You Really Want

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It is so easy to accumulate stuff and sometimes so hard to get rid of it (sell it, give it away or even throw it away). Wouldn’t it be great if everyone who will give you a holiday gift this year could just find exactly what you want or need! Gift Giving Isn’t Just A Tradition Or Obligation.

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Why I Use Cash

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You don’t get the ‘credit card hangover’ Although we enjoy the convenience of shopping online and do use credit cards to do so, we hate it when the bill comes for something we have already used up or given as a gift. You have a psychological advantage. You learn cash flow management. You might get a discount.

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Benefit from My Financial Mistakes

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

What a wonderful gift it was, but I wish I had been wiser in using it. I ended up with a BA in Psychology with an emphasis in Industrial Psychology – and couldn’t get a good paying job of any sort after graduating! I hope that by sharing these with you, it will help you to learn from my mistakes. Money Tips'

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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. I majored in Psychology (liberal arts), graduating in the early 70’s. I didn’t even realize that most jobs required a doctorate in Psychology to really use the knowledge in a career.

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Parenting Pointers: Peaceful Parenting

Motherhood Moments

Giving and receiving the trust, communication, cooperation, respect, and joy that every parent and child deserves, ultimately allows our children to become the leaders our future so desperately needs.A Peaceful parenting provides a shift in the way we view behavior, and gives context around developmentally normal behavior in children.

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Why We Seek Happiness

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Darwin agreed, according to Psychology Today article Happiness: ultimately it’s genetic! Likewise, giving to others, makes us happy. The Wall Street Journal article Hard-Wired for Giving reported on this saying: “…two complex schools of scientific thought have emerged. I think so.

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Parenting Magazine Subscription for $3.99

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About Parenting Magazine : Parenting Magazine covers psychology, food, health, fashion and toys. Remember magazines make great gifts because they give all year long. Parenting Magazine is for the contemporary woman who must deal with the demands of child raising, personal growth and family life.