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Clarity Money Review: Consolidating Each of Your Accounts Within a Manageable Platform

December 14, 2020 by Dividend Mantra Team Leave a Comment

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When money is tight, budgeting becomes of the utmost importance. Our Clarity Money review shows that budgeting apps are one of the most effective ways to build savings.   Budgeting has taken on increased importance in recent years. Statistics show that most Americans lack sufficient cash reserves to deal with predictable expenses, such as car […]

Dividend Stock Blog: Cardpool Review: Find Out If They’re Legit or Not Right Here

October 3, 2017 by Billy Colvern Leave a Comment

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If you’ve ever gotten a gift card to a store you don’t usually shop at, you know that it can be a challenge to figure out what to do. Should you buy something, even if you don’t want it? Or should you hang onto the card and give to someone else as a present? Does […]

How to Be Frugal and Still Enjoy Life

February 28, 2016 by Ellis Weaver Leave a Comment

How to Be Frugal and Really Enjoy Life Frugalism – you can’t just strike up a conversation about it with your work colleagues. It’s just not cool. We are not in Victorian England where being thrifty was the done thing. Nowadays, who wants to talk about eating simple meals at home, saving large percentages of […]

How to Come up with a Retirement Plan that Works

February 25, 2016 by Dividend Mantra Team Leave a Comment

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Nobody really likes retirement planning: it’s a source of stress and anxiety, as well as the main reason financial planners never really run out of business. Today’s economic climate is not exactly conducive for saving, so a lot of people worry that they’re not going to be able to balance the kind of life they […]

How To Think About Properly Servicing/Repairing A Vehicle

August 20, 2015 by Dividend Mantra Team 87 Comments

This is coming at you from a (former) industry insider. I worked in the auto industry for approximately nine years. Over that time frame, I worked at a variety of car dealerships. One thing I’ve realized is that they pretty much more or less all work the same, which, I believe, gives me some insight. […]

10 Reasons To Go Car-Free

March 17, 2015 by Dividend Mantra Team 144 Comments

I’ve returned to the car-free (and carefree) lifestyle! Recently, the right buyers came along for my Toyota Corolla and took it off my hands. It was really great because the couple that bought the car struck up a conversation with me about frugality, financial independence, and traveling after finding out that I write about this […]

Cómo Formular un Plan de Jubilación que Funcione

March 8, 2015 by Dividend Mantra Team Leave a Comment

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A nadie le gusta planear su jubilación, es una Fuente de estrés, ansiedad y la principal razón que planeadores financieros  nunca se queden sin trabajo. El clima económico actual, no es exactamente conductor para el ahorro, así que un montón de gente se preocupa que no van a poder ser capaces de balancear el tipo […]

What I’ve Learned About Happiness From Diego

January 13, 2015 by Dividend Mantra Team 102 Comments

Diego is my buddy. He’s my muse, my writing partner, and my confidant. He’s also my dog. I guess it’s good to have a confidant that can’t talk! We’ve had him for a few years now and he’s really grown on me in a big way. I guess I used to be a bit indifferent […]

Marrying Budgets When You Marry?

December 14, 2014 by Dividend Mantra Team 133 Comments

I’ve been tracking every single penny that I earn and spend since 2010 and I’ve been doing so publicly since this blog went live in March 2011. I do this because I believe that it’s imperative to know exactly where all of your money comes from and where it’s going if you have any hope to […]

Using Extreme Frugality In The Beginning To Get Things Rolling

September 14, 2014 by Dividend Mantra Team 147 Comments

Life is a journey. An ever-changing one, at that. As such, it would be unrealistic to expect that one would maintain the same lifestyle or same ideas about life from childhood to death. We grow. We learn. We change. We hope to become better versions of ourselves as we age. At least, that’s what I’m really […]

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