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Best of Personal Finance: Summer Heat Edition

Posted June 4, 2009 - 17:12 by Andrea Dickson

Personal Finance

It's summer! It's warm and toasty! Kids are almost out of school! And bloggers are hard at work, ignoring the nice weather and unsupervised children, bringing you the best advice they have on earning, saving, investing, and enjoying the frugal life.

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Zen Spring Cleaning (and making a little cash off it too)

Posted April 5, 2008 - 00:47 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

Making Extra Cash

The snow has melted. The kids are gone to grandma's. Sounds like the best (and most frugal) thing to do this April would be to stay home and clean, organize, and sell all that crap lurking in every corner of the house and garage. A few potential karmic trades might be lurking around the house too.

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The stuff I try never to buy new

Posted March 5, 2008 - 13:24 by Paul Michael

Frugal Living, Shopping, Budgeting, Green Living, Consumer Affairs, General Tips

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I don't like buying new. It's not that I consider myself to be some kind of Scrooge. I just have a hard time paying more for something than I need to, and often we take that extra hit when we pay for a brand new item. So, I buy second-hand things a lot of the time. Here's my guide to the main items you should always consider buying used.

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How to Get Rid of All Your Crap

Posted September 29, 2007 - 18:14 by Nora Dunn

Life Hacks, DIY

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In my journey from being a North American Entrepreneur to a Professional Hobo, I had to shed a lot of crap. For the purposes of this article I will focus on the process (which proved to be quite effective) of shedding the physical junk that clutters our lives. This process is great not only for people wanting to make drastic changes in their lives like I did, but also for the average bear who needs to downsize the amount of stuff they have.

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How to Get Rid of Your Junk

Posted 2 years ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Lifestyle

Ed's post about moving and getting rid of stuff got me thinking about my clutter. Are you barely able to breathe in your cluttered household? Have tons of stuff that you need to get rid of? 

A few weeks ago, I took a seminar called "Commanding Your Clutter" at a local community college. Here's what I learned about collecting, hoarding, shopping, and finally, letting go of all that junk.

Most people who hold onto things for the following reasons:

I paid so much for it! Yes, but are you getting your money's worth from it? No? Sell it.

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Who Moved My Stuff?

Posted June 16, 2007 - 00:54 by Ed O'Reilly

Lifestyle

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If you ever want to take stock of all that you’ve worked hard to purchase over time, and how much stuff you think you need to hang on to, go through each and every possession you own and decide what to keep and what to sell, or give away. You might be surprised at how attached you are to your stuff. I’m, of course, talking about packing up and moving.

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