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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. Their family had previously traveled in an RV, so she knew it was something she enjoyed. I started my blog for fun, highlighting how you can travel and get discounts and do stuff on a budget.

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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. Their family had previously traveled in an RV, so she knew it was something she enjoyed. I started my blog for fun, highlighting how you can travel and get discounts and do stuff on a budget.

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5 Tips to Make Filing Taxes Easier for Freelancers in 2023

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For 2022, freelancers will pay 15.3% Save for retirement When trying to get a business off the ground or earn enough to cover your monthly bills, saving for retirement might seem like a luxury you can’t afford. in FICA taxes , which contribute to Social Security and Medicare. Every dollar counts. Every dollar counts.

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A Veteran of the Digital Nomad Community Offers Her Best Tips for the Location-Independent Lifestyle

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I had the chance to travel the world while working , which I didn’t realize was possible. One thing about travel is the longer you travel, the more places you want to go. How I choose my accommodations largely depends on the type of travel. Is it important for digital nomads to have a home base when planning to travel?

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Breaking Barriers: How to Challenge Age Stereotypes In the Workplace

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I find both gendered ageism and its traveling companion, imposter syndrome , beyond frustrating. When a popular Canadian TV anchor was fired in 2022, journalists questioned whether ageism was at play. As more people work toward eliminating it, we can bid discrimination farewell—and give it the retirement it deserves.

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Meet the Christmas Tree Farmers Keeping the Spirit of Christmas Alive

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It’s a scene straight out of a holiday movie: A family travels to an idyllic farm to cut down their own Christmas tree and spends the day walking the rows, making wreaths and sipping hot cocoa. At some of the 15,000 Christmas tree farms across the United States, this picture-perfect scene isn’t fiction. every year.

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Simplify Your Filing System and Retire Your To-File Pile

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– Executive’s Name – Meeting/Travel Planning. © 2022 Julie Perrine International, LLC. Executives – I always assigned a color to each of my executives. Then I had three, 1/3 cut folders labeled in their color for ongoing use: – Executive’s Name – Signature File. – Executive’s Name – Projects (or Open Items).

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