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A Veteran of the Digital Nomad Community Offers Her Best Tips for the Location-Independent Lifestyle

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Make a budget and do your best to stick to it. What nomad communities or groups would you suggest if someone is just starting this lifestyle? If you’d rather go it alone, there are some great Slack and Facebook groups designed to facilitate supporting this lifestyle. What are your top three financial tips for digital nomads?

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A Single Mother Struggling to Budget Weighs the Balance Between Just Surviving and Really Living

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So, I had to learn to stick to my budget , which wasn’t easy, especially for someone who’d had to repeat a year of high school math. How did I rationalize spending money that put me slightly over budget? But when I do, I no longer get upset that I went off budget. It was almost impossible on my own.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. It’s called ‘lifestyle creep’ when you’re done with school so you think you have more money and can afford more things,” Akpan says. So, I preach about budgeting all the time.”.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. It’s called ‘lifestyle creep’ when you’re done with school so you think you have more money and can afford more things,” Akpan says. So, I preach about budgeting all the time.”.

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A Millennial’s Guide to Finances: 5 Things to Start Before You Turn 30

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According to a 2022 survey by Deloitte, 36% of millennials and 29% of Gen Z cited “cost of living” as their greatest concern. Track your budget. If you need additional capabilities, she suggests you try You Need a Budget (YNAB ), but note that this requires a monthly fee. Do you know where your money is going?

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8 Travel Destinations for Wellness, Relaxation and Rejuvenation

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So whether you are hoping to energize your lifestyle or restore your five senses, there are places to rejuvenate —and luxuriate—throughout the world. Photo courtesy Secret Bay You can accomplish a lot of wellness in Dominica on a shoestring budget, but there’s plenty of luxury, too.

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How Two Decades of Film Remakes Have Impacted Creativity in Cinema

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As average budgets for films have exploded and Hollywood has become increasingly reliant on the international market and—especially post-pandemic—streaming subscribers, studios have attempted to lower their risks as much as possible. The list looks eerily similar to the top-budgeted films of all time.

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