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

Success

With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted. Even with no monthly mortgage, they still had to pay for food, gas, health insurance and other bills. Then, in 2019, she lost her job. I could do it, too.’

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

Success

With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted. Even with no monthly mortgage, they still had to pay for food, gas, health insurance and other bills. Then, in 2019, she lost her job. I could do it, too.’

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Answering Reader Mail: Can an EA salary support a family?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Always buy the most expensive health insurance you can afford. Also look thru your employee handbook to save as much money as possible with your company matching 401k program and pre-tax contributions, employee discounts and perks, paid on going education, flexible spending accounts, etc. Retirement is your 401k, CDs, cash, etc.

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Free Blog Posts | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Time to think about the retirement fund.&# “We get to retire? No one ever told me that…&# We both know there’s no retirement fund in what we do. Limited time offer discounts, periodical sales, and fliers four times a year. I am retired now, a blogger, paid by Adsense and affiliate revenue. I apologize.)

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Now I can just work the job I want and retire happy&# I’m like, you moron, education never stops! Health is the most important possession Reply I left a keyword for a name January 9, 2010 at 1:10 am I plan on going overseas and making music for video game companies as well as teaching music (specifically guitar).

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