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7 Powerful Mindsets for Single-Income Families

7 Powerful Mindsets for Single-Income Families

Being a single-income or budget-conscious family isn’t cool or popular. Your friends are all driving multiple vehicles that are way nicer than yours, creating beautiful houses, traveling the world, and going out to eat whenever they feel like it. Sometimes it can...

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Our Journey Becoming a Single Income Family

Our Journey Becoming a Single Income Family

The only problem was that I couldn’t find a job to save my life. I had “such a great resume I should have no problem finding a job” according to my professors, I lived in a “low unemployment state which is a dream for job hunters” according to family, and worked at a temp agency in the mean time “to get my foot in the door somewhere” according to my husband.
The plan wasn’t working. A steady paycheck eluded me for a full year.
There was a silver lining, however, we became proficient at living on one entry-level, midwestern, small company salary.

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