Change jars are like mini savings accounts. You can start one to have as an emergency fund or to help you reach a specific goal. It’s a painless way to accumulate some extra money. The fun part is finding a container to use and creating rules for your own change jar challenge. You can tell a lot about a person by their loose change.
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Each day you make choices and decisions. Some of these decisions can be environmentally friendly. By modifying simple activities in your daily life, you can help the environment. Many frugal practices run parallel with green living. Frugalitarians know of the three R’s: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, but in my opinion there are more than three R’s that can assist you in living more frugal, green, and/or simple. I call these …

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Most frugalites will agree that it’s important to integrate simple pleasures and indulgences into your day to day life. This brings more appreciation for simple joys. You’re worth it. Many indulgences don’t have to cost anything at all;however, there isn’t anything wrong with spending a bit for enjoyment. Whether you call it simple pleasures, guilty pleasures, indulgences, pampering, or splurges, don’t ignore your “happy factor”.
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In the article titled “Proactive People Management One Key to Success”, the author Arun Shukla shares ideas for taking a proactive approach to improvements. He mentions FAT results which stands for financially triangulated results, happening at an Accelerated pace, and are Translatable. The main points in the article are whether companies are proactive, reactive, and if a system is in place to analyze how these approaches relate to human performance, …