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

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This creep ultimately caused her family to lose the ability to stay on top of their finances. With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted. Akpan’s not just open with her family about finances.

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

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This creep ultimately caused her family to lose the ability to stay on top of their finances. With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted. Akpan’s not just open with her family about finances.

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6 Tips for Being a Responsible Digital Nomad

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Tarek Kholoussy’s nomadic journey has taken him out of the finance sector on Wall Street and into global philanthropy. If this becomes too expensive, if it becomes too unsafe, we cannot just fly away and go to another place. Carter uses Bumble BFF and Facebook groups to meet nomads and expats in the communities she visits.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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They’re a flexible expense. Search Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, or countless freelancer marketplaces — it’s hard not to find freelancers. They can hit the ground running. They’ve seen your tech stack before — especially if you’re a DTC brand. They’re agile hires. They have stellar resumes. They can quit suddenly.

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My Favorite Android Apps – Part 4: Finance

The Marq

TheMarq A Human Perspective on Business and Life My Favorite Android Apps – Part 4: Finance Technology Recommendations Welcome to another edition of My Favorite Google Apps. This week I’m covering the Finance or Financial related applications. I love the screen transitions as well as how quickly the data loads.

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How to Manage Yourself When Making the Move to Self-Employment

Productivityist

Build Your Finances. You ideally need to make sure you have enough running costs of the business to run for 6 months as well as making sure you have enough to pay for living expenses. Remember, you will no longer have a monthly income in your bank account, and your finances rely solely on your success from being self-employed.

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The Green Can Is Recycling for the Benefit of Mankind

Eco-Office Gals

What finances this philanthropic endeavor is advertising or sponsorship money. Charities have been hard hit by the financial downturn, small businesses are feeling the squeeze and additional expenses for something like recycling is not financially justified. Follow The Green Can On Facebook!

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