The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Today we’re meeting a reader who only found my blog a few months ago; I love that she already volunteered to do a Meet a Reader post. Tell us a little about yourself I’m Andrea, I’m in my 20s. He wants to retire early so he can do more woodworking, electronic fixing, and maybe work at a winery or brewery part-time.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Today, we’re going to help you sort through some of this information and make an informed decision about what business school is right for you. . For those who can’t afford to drop everything, however, a part-time degree program might be a better fit. Pick a Concentration.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 29, 2011

Back before the internet was invented, I used to write short fiction stories and try to get them published. It kept me busy and out of trouble, used up a lot of stamp money, but never yielded a dime. Hubby used to be way into contests and giveaways. What less than satisfactory part time jobs have you done to try to make a buck?

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

We’re meeting an Arkansas reader today and initially, I thought she was the first one! Tell us a little about yourself Greetings from the NW corner of Arkansas, where I was born (around 40+ years ago) and raised. We use the eggs, harvest meat & if I can’t get out to hunt venison we’ve had friends give us meat.

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Today we’re meeting a reader who’s been here since 2009 (!!) Tell us a little about yourself. I currently work part-time from home, mostly behind a computer. I don’t use it much, but I have run background checks for divorced friends who are dating again through online apps. Here’s Beth: 1.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 25, 2014

When I’d do things like take out student loans even though I had a full-tuition scholarship and a sweet part-time job in the university cafeteria. These are lessons that I try to impress upon my son because I don’t want him to make the same mistakes I made 15 years ago. Money Tips'

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2021

Now it’s time to FIND THE MONEY! Make it a game and be creative when looking for money within your budget and finding new ways to earn extra money. It sounds dreadful, but it is possible to reduce your grocery bill without making everyone in your family miserable. For ideas, read: 5 Make-Ahead Breakfast Ideas.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 24, 2023

When you’re a retiree, taxes can eat into your available income and leave you with less to live on. It’s important to remember that taxes don’t stop once you’re retired, but you can take steps throughout your working life to minimize your IRS obligations later.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

If you’re trying to find the small business idea that’s right for you, ask yourself the following questions: Where is there a need in the market, and how can your skills satisfy that need? Your less math-friendly entrepreneurs could use your help in keeping their personal and business finances in order.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 4, 2011

The same kind of over thinking tends to infect financial advice, as well, especially when it’s doled out to college students who are desperate to come up with ways to make a few extra bucks between studying for exams and balancing their social lives. Eat right and exercise, and you’ll be fine. Happily, that’s not the case.

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 22, 2020

With that much debt, we needed some go big or go home heavy hitters that would make a big impact on debt reduction. While reducing our day to day spending would certainly help, we needed to reduce large chunks of debt at a time to pay off six figures quickly. We’re STILL here! Also, we both have side hustles.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

According to the Department of Energy, the biggest draw on your home energy use comes from heating your home - Almost 45% of the overall cost! When thinking of ways to reduce the overall cost of home energy consumption, it makes the most sense to tackle the heating and cooling costs. Myth: Geothermal heat pumps don’t work.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

For so long, we plodded along with next to nothing while our neighbors were running up their charge cards and using home equity loans to take vacations. 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.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

We use an online account like, Capital One 360 (my referral link). Read 11 Simple Menu Planning Tips to learn how to reduce your grocery bill without making everyone in your family miserable. If you find yourself hitting the drive thru on your way to work, start making your breakfast and brewing your coffee at home.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

The proverbial saying ‘money doesn’t grow on trees’ is used by many a parent in denying some wished for item to their children. You have to plant it, feed it, water it and care for it to make it grow big enough to notice. You have to give it space and time (lots of time) to grow into a huge money producer.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

This new strategy had us looking in the same direction with regards to our financial future and my husband was on board. We are using Dave Ramsey’s snowball method and I’m proud to say that since 2013, we’ve paid off 4 business loans totaling almost $75,000. And I continued to build this website.

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Family Balance Sheet

JULY 9, 2015

The idea of becoming debt free makes me downright giddy. How did they make it happen? When you have tracked, analyzed, and cut your budget to bare bones, there is only one other way to find extra money to put towards debt and that is to make more money. ACTION STEP: How can you make some extra cash? How hard was it?

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Use our Social Security calculator to estimate your future Social Security benefits. We are using 95 as our default life expectancy, which is a conservative estimate that assumes a longer life span. Using your income and savings contributions, we calculate how much more you’ll save between now and your projected retirement date.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Use Up Existing Resources. Although friends tried to help by offering part time employment, she was unable to keep a paying job. Although friends tried to help by offering part time employment, she was unable to keep a paying job. In fact, she did pretty good making it last that long. Discontinue Insurance.

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 5, 2015

Hi, We’re the Gann Fam! Along our part-time business my husband is a senior web designer for Ramsey Solutions aka Dave Ramsey. We live a pretty busy lives and when given free weekends at home we love spending time at home on our little farm. It helped us see debt go down and excited us to see progress!

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 20, 2017

works in outbound sales, and I teach part-time. When my husband and I got married, we were making hardly any money. 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. My husband. We have always been very.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 11, 2011

When I was preparing to retire, I tried to go part time – but my company wasn’t willing to fill my spot with a part-timer. Make sure you have the financial backing to quit your job! Now, however, I hear that the company will not consider re-hiring anyone laid off in the first round. Lesson Two – Exit Smartly.

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Family Balance Sheet

JULY 13, 2016

Drew works full time for Department of Defense. Farrah works part time for Department of Defense. We knew that we would make more money but we wanted to be able to buy a house with a conventional mortgage and we can’t come up with the down payment so we need to ratchet down. Making a budget and cutting expenses.

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