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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. This creep ultimately caused her family to lose the ability to stay on top of their finances. Then, in 2019, she lost her job. Akpan’s not just open with her family about finances.

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How to Protect Yourself from Online Scams

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The FBI’s 2020 Internet Crime Report states that there were 300,000 more internet crimes (phishing, non-payment/non-delivery scams or extortion) complaints in 2020 than in 2019. Be wary of social media. We’ve all accidentally given out more information than we intended to on social media. Don’t use public wifi.

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13 Key Traits of Strong Professional Relationships

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One challenge of relationship building in the social media era is that our digital connections can feel superficial. Andrew Schrage, Money Crashers Personal Finance. This article was published in February 2019 and has been updated. This will not build a meaningful relationship. Unique Perspective.

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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. This creep ultimately caused her family to lose the ability to stay on top of their finances. Then, in 2019, she lost her job. Akpan’s not just open with her family about finances.

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How to Anticipate Problems with If-Then Planning

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It might look like this: “If I don’t feel like writing, then I will set a timer to write for just 15 minutes,” or, “If I find myself checking social media instead of writing, then I will brew a cup of tea and write in a paper journal.” For example, maybe you have a plan to get your finances in better shape this year.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports. In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports. Many freelancers and small business owners optimize their personal social media pages to better advertise their services. It’s growing.

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Some questions about AI, a world drowning in content and the human centipede of creativity

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You’ll find them on social media and they’ll have written a book about it by May to sit on the shelf alongside the one about hybrid working and The Great Resignation. And it’s important that we bring in different voices, like philosophers, social scientists, artists, and people from the humanities.”

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