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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. It’s called ‘lifestyle creep’ when you’re done with school so you think you have more money and can afford more things,” Akpan says. Then, in 2019, she lost her job.

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There’s a Reason Your Free Time Is So Draining

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According to a 2019 study published in Applied Research in Quality of Life , the benefits of exercise for middle-aged adults differ based not only on type of exercise, but on gender as well. This article originally appeared in the September 2017 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. You’ll be glad you did.

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Meet the 2022 Women of Influence

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in 1995 to 27% in 2019.” She also hosts the Pretty Big Deal podcast and published her book A New Model in 2017. She’s also an activist and an entrepreneur with her Saysh brand of lifestyle sneakers designed for and by women. The Inspiration. Allyson Felix: Felix is the most decorated track and field Olympian in U.S.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. It’s called ‘lifestyle creep’ when you’re done with school so you think you have more money and can afford more things,” Akpan says. Then, in 2019, she lost her job.

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How Happy Are You?

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My father, the star of our family, died at the start of 2019. Before 2019 was out, I’d turn 40, Laura and I would each accept unexpected job offers and a publisher would sign me up for a book deal. In 2017, I left my job as the editor of a magazine to freelance and spend time with my dad in his final years. I left to run mine.

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13 Undeniable Ways to Get Sh*t Done

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According to a 2019 study published in Sleep Medicine , when night owls began to consistently shift their “sleep/wake timings” by two hours, they showed “significant improvements to self-reported depression and stress, as well as improved cognitive… performance measures,” among other benefits. Photo by Lordn/Shutterstock.

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How Three Post-Secondary Programs Are Setting Autistic Individuals on a Path to Success

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as of 2017. They are on their own. Moore and Selec’s sons would soon face this reality. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 5,437,988 adults are living with autism in the U.S Each year, an estimated 70,700 to 111,600 teens will enter adulthood, according to Drexel University Life Course Outcomes Research Program.