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Q&A | frugal mental health, “why did you get a cat”?, and phones for kids

The Frugal Girl

When I am going through something hard, or I’m processing a backlog of hard stuff, there is zero point in pretending everything is hunky-dory. It just makes me better able to deal with my problems.” ” I don’t shove down my feelings ($0) I’ve also beaten this to death. ?

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Cheap and Free Kindle Books: Best Brunches and Breakfasts, The Atomic Sea And More

For the Mommas

Jessica barely knows one end of a horse from the other but shoveling manure is preferable to letting her rich grandfather yank her strings. Without having to hire some big consulting firm and an army of contractors, the information contained within these pages are here to guide you along the “do it yourself” process.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

This has taken longer than the year we were engaged; it’s a lifelong process to become frugal after being raised to be not-frugal!) My dad grew up upper-middle-class; his father was a chemist and they lived close enough to New York City to take the train in and see the shows, where my great-grandfather worked on Broadway.

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

Family Balance Sheet

That observation brought back the flood of stories she and my grandfather told about coming to the US from Cuba with no money and starting over in their late 30s. Also, you have to be patient in the payoff process. The inspiration to pay off my debt was watching my grandmother balance her checkbook.