8 Ways Exercise is Your Money-Saving Ally

December 27, 2011 · 4 Comments

beach jogging 8 Ways Exercise is Your Money Saving AllyThis is a guest post by Bernice Spradlin

I’ve literally earned money thanks to exercise in the following two ways:

  • After I was certified as a personal trainer, I earned a full-time living as a fitness instructor, writing articles for print magazines as well as online articles for websites.
  • Thanks to exercise, my body was in optimal health—my trips to the doctor, dentist, massage therapist and pharmacy for Canadian drugs
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How To Painlessly Save a $100,000 Nest Egg

February 22, 2010 · 14 Comments

smiling piggy bank How To Painlessly Save a $100,000 Nest Egg How would you like to have $100,000 in the bank?

A regular person can easily accumulate this level of savings.  You just need a systematic plan to make it happen.  I’m completely for real about this.

I’ve figured out a way to make this work for just about anybody.  Of course, I doubt my approach is totally unique, but it just might be something you haven’t considered before.

For what …

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Back To Basics: Establish A Personal Finance Emergency Fund

October 8, 2008 · 15 Comments

cutting loose Back To Basics: Establish A Personal Finance Emergency Fund There are always unexpected emergencies that pop-up in life costing us money.  Why are we usually caught totally off guard by these financial crises?  When it hits the fan, so to speak, and we don’t have any cash to handle it, we often resort to using credit cards.  This generally means that we end up paying even more in the form of interest to handle our emergency.  A better alternative …

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