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3 Common Money Myths Debunked

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In every financial workshop, I hold with 20-somethings, there inevitably comes a point where someone utters the phrase, “But my dad said…” followed by: I should carry a balance on my credit card to improve my credit. TRY THIS: The app Acorns rounds up each of your purchases and invests the spare change.

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A Single Mother Struggling to Budget Weighs the Balance Between Just Surviving and Really Living

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Another example: A few years ago, I signed up for a meditation workshop. Right after the workshop, I purchased Egyptian cotton sheets and a duvet cover. These days, my biggest “little” indulgence is the way I use my credit card reward points. But, like the perfume, this small, earthly investment satiated me.

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7 great organizing gifts for Christmas!

Clutter Coach

Click on the photo of each to learn more and purchase. This bar can also be used for tools in the workshop, for craft supplies like your scissors or metal button container, or even for metal toys. All the junk and unwanted credit offers can get taken care of on the spot. This one handles credit cards and staples too.

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How I Learned to Love Selling (and How You Can Too)

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I tried selling credit card machines door to door once. And seeing their names in print after they take one of our workshops? I can’t tell you how much of my time used to be spent on customers who purchased a $5 or $10 service and immediately became a squeaky wheel.

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Do you ask for permission or forgiveness? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

I get snail mail from credit card companies who could not possibly have my new mailing address unless they scammed it off some list. It’s like saying, “Hey, so, sorry we stole your information without your knowledge from Facebook, but we’ll make it up to you by offering you 0% APR on a credit card! No, we can’t.

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106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World

Stephanie LH Calahan

  I hear it from my clients and workshop participants as well as my connections on social media sights.  The Spiral Notebook Purchase (and then use!) When you make an online purchase, print out the receipt and place it in the file folder marked for that particular month. Thanks to Cena Block of Sane Spaces 3.

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