Young and Frugal

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Why You Need To Know Math

This week I overheard a conversation that made me ashamed of my generation.  I felt like I aged 20 years and was looking at two young people (roughly my age) in disbelief.
I was in a retail store with my wife, and I had a cashier call other stores to check stock on an item.  As [...]

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Does The Size Of Your Image Equal The Size Of Your Debt?

Our society has a perception complex. We are raised to judge and compare ourselves against others and our perceptions of other people become our own reality. We are trained from an early age in this regard. In school it didn’t matter if I got a “C” on a project as long as [...]

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How Scouting Taught Me To Be A Smart Shopper

While I was at my parent’s house over Easter, I was looking through some of my old stuff when I found a stack of Merit Badge books from Scouts.  Sitting perfectly on the top of the stack was the book for Personal Management, a merit badge designed to teach teens about managing time and money.
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