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5 Smart Money Hacks to Help You Budget for the Holidays

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With the economy making everyone extra cautious about spending , I really wanted to give myself the gift of not worrying about money this holiday season. Consider it my gift to you, my fellow budgeters. I honestly love gift-shopping. They also double as a kind of mini gift to yourself when you file your tax return in April.

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The Founder of Black Girl Ventures Gets Things Done

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Her mom invested her retirement money in the company, and Bell used her tax refunds to buy her own printers. She and her mom hustled at events all over selling the clothing items and eventually made it into Essence magazine’s Holiday Gift Guide for a line of infant bodysuits. Orders from Google and Amazon quickly followed.

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Do I Need to Buy Life Insurance?

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In the event of your death, what financial resources would your family have available to replace your lost income? Others say to multiply your annual salary by the number of years you have before retirement. After all, there is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to life insurance policies. When would those resources become available?

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Feeling undervalued….

Practically Perfect PA

After sponsoring the first ever Big Questions event in Edinburgh, we wanted to introduce ourselves to some of you that weren’t able to make it along. 1 Luxury Gift Company providing bespoke hampers and personalised gifts. Receiving a hamper, personalised gift or branded product is a gesture that speaks louder than words.

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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With a natural gift for storytelling, her presentations weave humor, wit and grace into powerful messages about acceptance and tolerance. “I Pat Rydzy, a retired dental hygienist from upstate New York, discovered a need one day in January 1997 when an adult male with developmental disabilities sat down in her hygienist’s chair.

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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

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I want my financial future to be bright and to have no worries when I’m older and ready to retire. I’m working on taking time off for visits, but in the meantime I’ll reconnect the old-fashioned way by writing, sending cards throughout the year; little gifts the family might enjoy, too. Brandy Jules , former SUCCESS staff writer.

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Steel Magnolias, Barbie, and Other Wise Women – In Celebration of a Complicated Women’s History Month By Bonnie Low-Kramen

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Succeeding in the workplace of 2024 means optimizing the female brain’s gift of empathy to create a like-minded community that refuses the broken ‘divide and conquer model’ and replaces it with the recognition that we will only survive human selfishness, cruelty, and domination by creating a healthier, more inclusive model.