June 2011


This is a guest post from Logan Sachon. Her piece originally appeared at Bundle.com. I am in debt: $8,000 on two credit cards, to be precise. The debt occurred over several years, and includes a few periods when I was living off the cards because I was in between jobs. Perhaps $1,000 of the debt [...]

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Ah, summer. Warm weather, food on the grill, watermelon…and writer’s block. As happens every summer, the creative juices have taken a vacation — not just for me, but for other GRS writers as well. So, as also happens every summer, I’m solving the problem by coming directly to you, the readers. Get Rich Slowly is [...]

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This post is from staff writer Sierra Black. Sierra writes about frugality, sustainable living, and raising children at Childwild.com. During the summer, there’s an abundance of high-quality fruits and vegetables. You get better quality for lower prices than you do buying off-season produce during the cold winter months. I always want to freeze this moment [...]

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Yesterday afternoon, I shared a biking vs. driving calculator that tries to show how much you could save if you gave up your car in favor of other forms of transportation. Whenever I post a story about biking more and driving less, some readers feel judged. They worry that those of us who drive less [...]

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