5 Tips To Stay Motivated and Productive While Building Your Side Hustle

Raise your hand if you want to quit your 9-5 and start your own business. Raise your hand if you are ready to quit your 9-5 and start your own business. Is your hand still up? I know that mine isn’t. While I fantasize about quitting my 9-5 nearly everyday to work for myself, I

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And The Winners of the Walmart Gift Cards Are….

Frugalista#1: Bosslady1333 Frugalista#2 Tamika Nicole Thanks ladies for entering. Enjoy your gift cards! Fabulously and Frugally Yours, Kara  

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She Fell for the Love Lies, Now She is Broke and Broken Hearted

“With this marriage, I felt that I had no freedom or stability. And you are supposed to give up some freedom in exchange for stability with marriage. I got nothing.”

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5 Top Tips to Being Natural on a Budget

by Laurén Doamekpor  Going natural 2.5 years ago was one of the best decisions I made for my hair, my lifestyle, and my wallet. Now don’t get me wrong. I find that taking care of my natural hair is not always easy, particularly as it grows longer. But over the years, I’ve settled into a routine

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Three Top Tips for Making Money on the Side

Who can be mad at having a little extra cash in their pocket?  And with summer coming to a end, and fall/winter quickly approaching, now is as good a time as ever to begin thinking about squirreling away some money for the holiday season. Of course, the following methods are great tips to keep your pockets padded beyond holiday season as well. So whether

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4 Ways I Am Trying To Get Off That Credit Card Crack

Over the weekend, I took a look at my last credit card bill and realized that I have been a bit too free with the plastic. With my husband’s most recent layoff and my goals of taking a year off,  I realize that every penny counts toward my family’s financial goals and financial freedom. So, in the

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Meet DreamGirl Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche: Entrepreneur, Speaker, and Personal Finance Expert

It is so cool when you reach out to someone and they are warm, receptive, and inviting. When I reached out to speaker, author of The One-Week Budget, and the personal finance expert Tiffany Aliche, we ended up not only having an awesome DreamGirl session, but ended up  planning a MEGA event with three other

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Start Strong, End Stronger: Fab & Frugal Financial Tips for Your 20’s, 30’s and 40’s

In Your 20’s Your Credit Score is King Make sure that you protect your credit by paying bills in a timely and responsible manner. Your credit is the most important part of your finance picture. It will have the biggest impact on any lines of credit you may be offered; including cars, homes and loans.

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Three Tips to Raising Independently Thinking Children

Company was over. My, then 6-year-old, son wanted yet another snack, cause you know… I have nothing better to spend my money on than snacks, snacks and MORE snacks. At my direction, he opened the fridge. Examining his options he said, “Ugh. There’s only yogurt and chocolate milk in there and I’ve already had so

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First Impressions or First Judgments? It’s Still Your Responsibility To Know Your Greatness

by Natasha Gordon First impressions are measured within the first minute of an encounter; however, the true basis of this impression is built on how you see yourself up until that moment. Making a great first impression isn’t decided by the person you are meeting for the first time. The decision is made by you.

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