Dear Quentin, During my 20s, I was broke. I bought my first house and lived alone, stretched to my limits. I had three maxed-out credit cards and lived paycheck to paycheck. Today, I’m in my 40s, married and in a much better financial situation. My 401(k) has done very well …
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Just stop for a moment to remember your grandparents and compare them to grannies nowadays. Did you notice the changes? Age is something that is changing all the time and we cannot stop it, but we can make these changes less important and get more benefits from getting one more …
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Dear Moneyist, My wife and I have been married for 18 years and met at work in 2000. She is college educated and has worked her entire life with the exception of a few years off when our kids were very young. For the past 13 years of our marriage …
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Today people are hooked on stunning looks of big homes and residences, yet not so many of us can actually afford living like this on a daily basis. While the richest of us try to impress their audience, buy Instagram followers and fancy apartments and go for vacations in uncommon hotels, we …
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The first night sleeping in your new house is one of the strangest feelings. You are home, but you don’t feel like it. You feel like you are staying in somebody else’s house for the night. The shadows are weird, the sounds are strange and even the smell just is …
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‘O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frightened thee. That thou no more will weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness.’ William Shakespeare, Henry IV. Many of us, like the weary King Henry, spend the wee hours wondering why the heck sleep won’t …
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Pin Share Tweet How to decorate your home in the best way possible, so you feel at home. When I first started blogging, I kept one of my favorite quotes about decorating and lifestyle in my blog’s sidebar. If you have been a reader since the beginning, you may remember …
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Dear Moneyist, I am a 52-year-old unemployed homemaker with various health issues that have prevented me from working over the past 10 years. (I do not receive disability). My husband works full time. I have a sister who is retired, and she and her husband net approximately $ 15,000 per …
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Dear MarketWatch, I’m a 63-year-old widow laid off from my restaurant job of 34 years. I’ll never be able to make the money I was making before COVID. I was going to work for a few more years to pay off some bills. I was thinking about getting survivor’s benefits …
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