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Wealth And Contentment: Two Peas In A Pod

November 3, 2009
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The pursuit of wealth is one of the greatest illusions of our time.  We think we will be wealthy when we come to a place in our lives when we can do whatever we want with money.  One might imagine this to be the freedom illustrated by the phrase “financial peace”.  Wealth, however, will never [...]

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Make Extra Money By Doing Graphic Design Work On The Side

October 28, 2009
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One thing that I am a huge proponent of is trying not to rely too much on one stream of income for your family.  Why not instead create multiple streams of income, whereby if one of them dries up, you’ll still have several others that you can depend on?
PT over at PTMoney.com is launching a [...]

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What The Movie Wall Street Can Teach Us About Greed

October 27, 2009
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One of my all-time favorite movies is Wall Street.  It is directed by Oliver Stone and stars Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas. If you’ve never seen the movie, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB), has a short synopsis of the movie.
Bud Fox is a Wall Street stockbroker in early 1980’s New York with a strong desire to [...]

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Making Extra Money In Your Free Time With Cash Crate: A Review Of The Service One Year In

October 8, 2009
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About a year ago I wrote a post detailing how I was making some extra money for our household by using the “Get Paid To” website called Cash Crate. Today I decided to write a quick update to let everyone know how Cash Crate has gone for me the last year.
What Is Cash [...]

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How Saving for Tomorrow Improves the Quality of Life Today

October 6, 2009
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One of the common criticisms of saving money is that some folks think that saving for tomorrow completely defeats the purpose of money.  These are the ones with a live for today philosophy.  The live for today philosophy claims, you could save your money for tomorrow and then have a heart attack and die.  What [...]

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Changing How You Think About Money And Seeking God’s Direction With Your Finances

September 17, 2009
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This is a guest post from Ryan Yates, owner of www.hillthread.com, a non-profit Christian T-Shirt online store. Hill Thread was created to spread the Truth of the Gospel, to encourage discipleship and spiritual growth, and to raise excitement, awareness, and financial support for missions. Learn more about Hill Thread’s mission.
Mission trips have a way of [...]

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Ways To Watch TV Without Paying An Arm And A Leg For Cable Or Satellite

June 23, 2009
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Welcome to the readers of The Consumerist! Thanks for stopping by to check out my post on saving money on your TV bill, and don’t forget to sign up for free daily RSS updates, or for updates via email!  Don’t forget to check out some of our best articles on ways to save [...]

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Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Not Paying Your Debts

June 18, 2009
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It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay – Ecclesiastes 5:5
In this day and age it seems to have become more and more common for people to live above their means, and to use credit and debt to increase their lifestyle. Instead of saving up for things [...]

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Uh Oh. We’ve Got Wasps: Links And Post Roundup

June 15, 2009
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This weekend was an extremely beautiful one here in the Twin Cities area.  We had temps in the 80s, blue skies and a slight breeze. Perfect weather in my opinion!
I was able to get out and take some photos with my new Canon EOS Rebel T1i down at one of the popular lakes in our [...]

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