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How to Simplify your Life

You can simplify your life with many of these tips and techniques. These articles touch on everything from organization of your financial life to living a minimalist lifestyle.

Tiny house living anyone?

07.01.2009

Would you ever consider tiny house living? By “tiny” we mean 300 square feet or less… See how people do it…

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Jitterbug Review: A cell phone that is just a phone?

06.22.2009

If you haven’t heard about the Jitterbug Cell Phone, these are some of the great features I found out about from some reviews…

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Tips for Protection against Identity Theft

06.17.2009

Although some identity theft is electronic and sophisticated, most identity theft actually still takes place by dumpster diving and mail theft. If you are looking for additional ways to protect against identity theft keep reading…

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How much is in your emergency fund?

06.10.2009

I was just reading an article in Money magazine based off a poll asking their readers how much they had in emergency savings. It didn’t seem to be a very “scientific” poll, but I was very surprised by the results.
According to their survey, 37% of the responses indicated they had more than 6 months of [...]

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4 Steps to Get Your Finances Under Control

06.07.2009

Setting up a financial plan that incorporates your faith involves four important steps. I will show you how to create a financial plan that adds more meaning to your life, helps you clarify your purpose, and helps you take steps in the right direction. Where there is a will, there is a way. Here are [...]

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5 first grade money lessons that many adults have forgotten

05.27.2009

1. Save money before buying something, if you don’t have the money, you don’t get it
Dave Ramsey has made his living by re-teaching adults this simple lesson that many of them have seem to have forgotten. As the Proverb says, “The eyes of man are never satisfied.” We live in a nation (maybe even a [...]

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Visa gift cards: A good idea?

05.17.2009

If you are returning an item, the transaction will work similar to that of credit or debit cards. You just provide the merchant with the card and the funds will be credited back to the card. Who sells Visa gift cards?

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Pros and cons of buying vs. apartment renting

05.13.2009

As I mentioned earlier this year, we are going to be buying our first house this year and will be taking advantage of the $8000 tax credit. In our most recent newsletter from our apartment complex, they provided us with some renting vs. owning propaganda. It is pretty funny hearing the rent vs. buy arguments [...]

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What to do when you hate your job

05.11.2009

These are 4 important things to do when you hate your job…

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Money Mistake #4 – Not having a schedule for bills

05.04.2009

I was wondering how to pay bills and this was the solution I came up with…

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Short Prayers week

01.19.2009

The benefits of praying short prayers… If you recall, last week I wrote about how I created a prayer challenge for myself basically scheduling a short prayer every hour that took priority over everything else. The goal of it was to shift my prayer time from bigger blocks to more continual shorter spurts of prayer throughout my day. Inspired by 1 Thessalonians 5:17 that we should “pray without ceasing” I wanted to use this as a conditioning exercise to push myself more in that direction.

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Free and Legal TV and Movies online

01.14.2009

I was going to name it something like “where to find free TV and Movies online,” but changed it to make sure I added “legal” in there. It turns out that a whole lot of what I was finding wasn’t legal. I saw a link on one site to “Marley and Me” and I thought to myself, “isn’t that still in the theaters?” Sure enough I was right, as the video started, I noticed that I could actually see the theater seats in the recording. I guess someone recorded it directly from the theater – I am going to assume that isn’t legal.

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How to create lifelong memories

01.11.2009

Pictures stir up memories I still remember being a kid (yes, that is me in the picture) and my mom telling me to smile for pictures. … Like a good mom, she made me smile and tried to convince me that they would mean something to me someday. Bobby 4 years 1985.jpg I don’t know if it is because I am older, but I am starting to realize the value of making memories. … Memories are more valuable than money Having watched my parents go through some challenging times financially when I was younger, I appreciate that they were just as interested in creating memories for us as they were filling the bank accounts.

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Free Franklin Planner templates

01.04.2009

If you are like me and a little bit taken back by the high price of replacing the pages in your Franklin planner, I just found a great alternative. It does require a little bit of an upfront investment and some elbow grease, but it should pay for itself very quickly. ..What you need to create your own planner pages… Paper – probably a thin stock, to keep your planner from becoming too bulky…

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