Tag: saving money
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The Only Thing You Need to Know:
How do people accumulate millions, billions, gazillions of dollars? In many different ways: they inherit, they win, they gamble, they take out life insurance policies and hire hit men (JOKE). But for the most part, “rich” people become rich by saving and investing. Here is the easiest thing I know about saving.
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Why Diets Fail & Saving is Difficult
On nearly every New Year’s resolution list out there you’ll find some variation of “lose weight” and “save money.” Do you see a problem with either of these goals? Clearly there is one, because so frequently people fail to achieve them.
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When to Get Real
One simple way to save money is to consider cheaper versions of the products and items you buy the most. The generics, the not-at-eye-level-at-the-grocery-store stuff, off brands—these can be your budget’s best friends. But you have to know how to pick and choose, for not all generics are created equally. At times you can feel…
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Home Improvements That Can Save You Money
Home Improvements That Can Save You Money is a guest post by Amanda @ Car Insurance Comparison, dedicated to helping you make sense of the auto insurance industry. Every month, a good portion of our income goes toward paying off utility bills. Consequently, every month we may find ourselves gawking at these bills because it…
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What I Wouldn’t Do for Frugality
Our goals define largely how we view every single expense and our frugal mindset should be linked to these goals. It’s very possible to spend hardly any money at all. It’s even easier to spend all of your money at once. Neither would make much sense without considering how you envision your financial future.
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The GREAT Coupon Experiment – Week 1
The GREAT Coupon Experiment aims to solve a mystery as old as the Sunday insert itself: Is coupon cutting really a feasible way for people with lives and dogs and families to save money? My mother would say, “yes”; I would say, “I don’t know, that’s why I’m doing this experiment.”