Tag: money tips
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Don’t Assume That Rich People Never Made/Make/Will Make Mistakes
Pride is what tells us to hide our mistakes and to be ashamed when our financial efforts fall short or when we fail to make an effort at all. Pride can make us hold ourselves to a higher standard than we hold everyone else. Pride can be a humongous downer, demotivator and can even make…
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Homemade vs. Store-Bought Cost Comparison
I may be alone on this one, but I used to think that those frozen, pre-made dinners were cheaper than buying all of the ingredients and making the same meal from scratch. It makes sense, buy one thing in one package and it should be cheaper; well, it makes sense in my mind at least.…
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Who Thinks They are Going to Retire Ahead of Schedule?
A USA Today “snapshot” last week revealed that people with lower incomes were more confident that they could retire ahead of schedule. Take a look at some possible explanations for this statistic.
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5 Cheap Ways to Eat Out
You need to be smarter about the way you eat out, because it can be done cheaply, and you don’t have to compromise on any of the quality or the experience.
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Home Economics: Beer Brewing
This guest post from Trey in New Mexico goes with the theme of the week: living thrifty does not equate to joyless living. The Thrifty are not an unhappy, deprived people. They simply know how to weigh their wants against their really-wants and are able to set the former aside. Read how Trey was able…
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How to Change a Flight
3 hours spent talking to Delta and Orbitz left me with some valuable information on how best to make changes to an airline reservation.