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Intentional Living the Key to Health, Wealth & Happiness

One Frugal Girl — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:30:43 +0000

What is the greatest key to success? Ask a group of people and you’ll hear many different answers. Discipline, hard work, intelligence, persistence, confidence, race, ethnicity, privilege, and luck usually top the list. I hear this question time and again and I often ask myself the same thing. Did one characteristic lead to my success ... Read more

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Can Money Buy Happiness? How to Measure Your Joy

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 14:30:00 +0000

Can money buy happiness? Psychologists have been investigating this question for decades. Are we happier when we earn and spend more? What do you think? I think we can let researchers continue to run their surveys and experiments. In the meantime, we can use a spreadsheet full of emoticons to decide for ourselves. Tracking our ... Read more

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Addition By Subtraction: Gaining More With Less

One Frugal Girl — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 15:00:00 +0000

Most of us are searching for more in this life. We strive for more money, more accolades and more possessions. We are conditioned to believe that more is better, but is that always the case? What if we flipped this idea on its head? What if we cut items out of our lives rather than ... Read more

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Be Content With What You Have: Redefine Enough

One Frugal Girl — Fri, 15 May 2020 13:55:00 +0000

What is your definition of enough? Do you have a roof over your head and food in your pantry? Is that enough? If not, how much more would you need to be content? Have you ever thought about it? Most of us don’t. Isn’t it strange that we spend our whole lives searching for more, yet we ... Read more

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Press the Pause Button in Life & Stop Living Life on Autopilot

One Frugal Girl — Thu, 07 May 2020 13:45:00 +0000

Have you ever wished for a pause button in life that could provide the necessary time and space for you to stop and relax? A month or so ago our lives were coasting on autopilot. Many of us were caught in an endless loop of never-ending activities: wake, shower, eat, drive, work, drive, eat, sleep ... Read more

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Quit Your Job, Live Simply and Follow Your Dreams

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 15:00:46 +0000

Have you ever dreamed of leaving your corporate job for a simpler life? Maybe you’ve thought about quitting your job to pursue your dreams or resigning so you can travel the world in your thirties. Do you flash forward to the future and feel saddened by the current trajectory of your career and life? “How ... Read more

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I’m Unhappy at Work: I Feel Like Quitting My Job Every Day

One Frugal Girl — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 18:44:15 +0000

Why do people stay in jobs they hate? For the money, of course. You drive to work each day, dreading the next eight hours, yet you climb into your car each morning and repeat the same commute. Your job makes you miserable. As the day-to-day agony continues, you question your career: Should I quit my ... Read more

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When Do You Feel Most Alive? (The Best Moments of Life)

One Frugal Girl — Sun, 15 Dec 2019 22:24:06 +0000

When do you feel most alive? Is it when your heart gets stuck in your throat, when you accomplish a difficult task, or when you reach the perfect flow state? Is it when you laugh so hard you give yourself hiccups, or when the landscape is so beautiful it takes your breath away? Maybe it’s ... Read more

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How To Enjoy Life & Live to the Fullest Without Money

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:15:07 +0000

I sit on the floor, surrounded by a group of smiling first graders. “What do you want to be when you grow up,” I ask. Their hands shoot up high into the air as they enthusiastically call out their answers. “A doctor.” “A nurse.” “A basketball player.” “A builder.” “A teacher.” “A zookeeper.” They are ... Read more

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Balancing Time, Money, and Life: The Money Life Balance

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 15:00:11 +0000

Sometimes it feels like I’m riding on a balance scale. Every time I direct my focus I feel myself moving. When I change my priorities the weight shifts slowly to the other side. Over the years the pursuit of wealth has caused my scale to tip primarily in one direction. My goal has been to ... Read more

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