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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.) As with most things, knowing where you’re going will help you get to your end result faster, and hopefully on budget. Set your budget.

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How to Refresh Your Failed New Year’s Resolutions

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We make our first goofs on the new budgets we’ve set for ourselves. And how can that be the number on the scale? How to revise failed New Year’s resolutions Consider the following self-reflective questions: 1. This article was published in January 2019 and has been updated.

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The 7 Biggest Financial Mistakes to Avoid in Your 50s

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A 2019 study from the Center for Financial Services Innovation, funded by the AARP Foundation, indicated that just 17% of adults 50 and older in the low-to-moderate income range are “ financially healthy.” A lot of people guess at their budget. Guessing at your budget isn’t going to cut it when you approach retirement,” she says.

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How to Find Your Money ‘Why’

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Making this active declaration might help stave off feelings of deprivation that come from the vaguer and more negative, “I can’t buy x because I’m on a budget.”. This article was published in November 2019 and has been updated. The post How to Find Your Money ‘Why’ appeared first on SUCCESS. Choose your identity.

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How to Cultivate a Growth Mindset

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What I mean is that, with their limited budgets, many startups can’t afford traditional advertising, so they devised a smart, inexpensive way to market their services and find customers: growth hacking. This article was published in October 2019 and has been updated. I’m curious, what’s your experience with changing your mindset?

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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. Although she wasn’t a big spender, her story speaks to how debt can sneak into the lives of even those who earn good money. Then, in 2019, she lost her job.

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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. Although she wasn’t a big spender, her story speaks to how debt can sneak into the lives of even those who earn good money. Then, in 2019, she lost her job.

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