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

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Then, in 2019, she lost her job. With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted. Then, they can make a budget with that in mind, monitor their expenses and see what can be cut.

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

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Then, in 2019, she lost her job. With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted. Then, they can make a budget with that in mind, monitor their expenses and see what can be cut.

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How to Find Your Money ‘Why’

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In her book Loaded , behavioral economist Sarah Newcomb writes about these values in terms of “needs” and explains that the infamous “latte factor” can in fact be scratching the need for “social connection.” This article was published in November 2019 and has been updated. Photo by @anjemaster /Twenty20.

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Furthering Your Education on a Budget

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The National Center for Education Statistics estimates that the average undergraduate tuition at public colleges during 2018-2019 was $18,383.00, all included (fees, tuition, housing, etc.) and $47,419.00 a year for private, nonprofit universities.

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Tim Leberecht of The House of Beautiful Business | Making Business More Human

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Tim is the author of the book The Business Romantic (HarperCollins, 2015), which has been translated into nine languages to date. His book is called The Business Romantic. And as I was trying to form a community around the book after its release, I, I had this intention of hosting the most romantic business conference ever.

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The Great Risk Shift - and Economic Insecurity - Continues

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Political scientist Jacob Hacker explored this trend in-depth in his 2006 book The Great Risk Shift. We consider this one of the 3 books that best explain how the economy and jobs have changed over the past couple of decades. And read Hacker's book.    It's on our "must read" list. ."

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The Side Hustler’s Handbook

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Another example: You are a marketing leader for a national company and you just sold a book on the side. Because not everyone wants to hire an expensive landscaper. This article originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. That can be a fallacy. Listening services. Errand runner.

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