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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. With the majority of the money made from their house, she decided to buy an RV off Facebook Marketplace.

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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. With the majority of the money made from their house, she decided to buy an RV off Facebook Marketplace.

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7 Types of Competitive Advantages and How to Develop Yours

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Decisions regarding business hours, marketing automation, or ordering and finance all attempt to gain a tactical edge over our competitors. If your budget is too limited to offer competitive salaries, what other perks do you offer ? As a personal example, I had a client who offered two night classes with equal marketing budgets.

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How to Say No to Someone Asking for Money

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Usually, we get bombarded with GoFundMe requests and Facebook fundraisers or asked to donate to a collection at work for a colleague’s baby shower or wedding. Although those situations can be mildly challenging to say no to, it’s not too difficult to create a budget line to prepare for them and move on. Include giving in your budget.

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

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Krystal Pino is a certified public accountant and personal financial specialist with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and an MBA in finance from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. I check Facebook groups for better deals on longer-term stays. Make a budget and do your best to stick to it.

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Ep 221: Jennifer Chamberlin on Working From Home and Seeing Yourself as More Than Just an Assistant

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John Quincy Adams CONNECT WITH JENNIFER Jennifer on LinkedIn My Bilingual VA Website Instagram Facebook Twitter ABOUT JENNIFER Jennifer Chamberlin launched My Bilingual VA in 2016 after working as a Personal / Executive Assistant in Paris for 15 years.

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Ep 215: Kathleen Burns Kingsbury on Changing Your Money Mindset and Negotiating for What You Deserve

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Breaking Money Silence®: How to Shatter Money Taboos, Talk More Openly about Finances, and Live a Richer Life is Kathleen’s fifth book. LEADERSHIP QUOTE Speak your mind, even If your voice shakes.