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Can I Go into Retirement Early With FIRE?

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If any of these scenarios sound ideal, you may be dreaming of a FIRE retirement lifestyle. It’s a movement that helps people take control of their financial independence by making trade-offs, such as extreme saving and budgeting early in their careers, to retire earlier in life—often decades ahead of a conventional retirement plan.

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Tori Dunlap, Founder of Her First 100K is on a Mission to Close the Gender Pay Gap

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I’m no stranger to setting lofty money goals : At 9 years old I became cognizant of the idea of college—a seemingly far-off milestone that my parents described as “important” and “expensive”—and decided I needed to proactively save money for my college education.

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You Will Survive: 8 Strategies to Overcome New Entrepreneur Anxiety

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This panic arrives the moment we realize we’ve strayed too far from the paycheck mothership and feel compelled to run back to the salaried womb. There is an escape from the Money Panic, and it doesn’t involve selling off retirement investments or increasing your credit card limit. Cut expenses to the bone. Congratulations!

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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 want to evaluate my cost-of-living expenses and see where I can cut back. Review your expenses as a couple. I graduated from college, and I needed to start planning out my financial future. Build value every day. Stop smoking.

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Answering Reader Mail: From Lawyer to Executive Assistant?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I currently work as a lawyer and undertake every day many of the types of responsibilities that make up an executive assistant role, such as administration, communication, project management and so on, usually in a very demanding and high pressure context, and before this I worked in various communications/PR roles. Most admin stay admin.

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Top 10 Best Financial Resources for Women

Bonnie Low Kramen

Plus, life isn’t cheap, with planned and unplanned expenses, some days it may feel like your household finances are going downhill fast. Going back to school can be a great, yet expensive, option to get where you want to be. This is especially important as women, in particular, face gender-based challenges regarding retirement.

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Free Blog Posts | Men With Pens

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Time to think about the retirement fund.&# “We get to retire? No one ever told me that…&# We both know there’s no retirement fund in what we do. But when Deb mentioned the words ‘retirement fund’ and I actually barked a laugh, I started to think. (A We’re bloggers. A dangerous thing, I know.

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