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5 ideas for low-cost last-minute gifts everyone will love

If you are still looking for gifts ideas that won’t break the bank, are still meaningful AND can be pulled off last-minute look no further! This post is for you. At this time of the year we are flooded with posts that help us ease the guilt of not having a gift for someone we […]

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Frugal living
Money and family
Our Path to FI

Buying cars with cash: what we bought without ever having a car payment

Every single car we have owned we have bought with cash.  To be honest, that wasn’t the plan when I dreamed of buying my first vehicle; I just got denied for the first (and only) car loan I applied for.  Back then, 2006 to be exact, we weren’t putting much thought on our finances.  Thinking […]

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Frugal living
Our Path to FI

How I changed my perception of frugality

It is well known that our perceptions deeply influence our behaviors. If we have a negative view of wealthy people then it becomes much more difficult to become one. In the same manner, adopting frugality as part of our daily life won’t be easy if we perceive it as being the same as being stingy […]

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