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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

My husband and I have four kids ranging from age 3-8, and I am a stay-at-home mom. Last year, to make a little extra cash, I started boarding dogs through Rover, and I am about to start a very very part time job using my RN license for a home care company. How did you get interested in saving money?

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Earning Extra Money Online With Paid Surveys

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Miss T told me that she thinks everyone is looking for ways to maximize their earnings and stretch their dollar and an article on how to make extra money would be timely. I don’t disagree with her, and in this article I’d like to share one specific way one can make some of that extra dough online with their spare time.

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The Best and Worst Times to Side Hustle

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There’s always an opportunity to make more money which is why many take on side hustles as a way of maximizing that opportunity. Side hustles can range from babysitting to web designing to freelance writing to soap making- basically anything you can charge for can become a side hustle. What are your best side hustle timing tips?

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The 5 Most Important Personal Finance Lessons to Teach your Child

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I’m following a long range plan for camp content in my Grandma Rie’s Money Camp and it includes all of these, focusing on different things at different ages. To become financially free, you need to understand that you can’t trade your time for money and get ahead. You need to learn how to talk money.

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Diversify Side Income Or Specialize?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Of course, I didn’t know that the term for this was “side hustling ” when I first started out, but now I know all too well that many personal finance experts and even regular bloggers believe that side hustling can propel you forward faster than many money saving and frugality endeavours ever will.

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Life Decisions

Nicoles Nickels

The time when you become the person you dream of becoming or the person you didn’t realize you wanted to be. So after my lovely child went off to college to develop her own life (which didn’t exactly happen at that time-but that’s another story), I made a decision. My housemates ranged in age from 24 to 60-ish.

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50 Best Small-Business Ideas – NerdWallet

Savings Corner

Smart money moves for your business Grow your small business with tailored insights, recommendations, and expert content. These small business ideas suit soon-to-be entrepreneurs in a range of industries, and with a variety of interests. But if you need a little inspiration, take a look at this list of the 50 best small business ideas.