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When Having Too Much Money is Bad (The Cons of Being Rich)

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Let's picture you winning at life: you've been hardworking and ingenious with every career move...or something like a rich uncle passed away and left you with a fat inheritance. For any and whatever ...

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How Dumb Luck Made My Husband a Wealthy Man

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

My husband is a special guy. He is currently 29 years old and has $950,000 in total net worth. Hmm, OK, we’re not that deluded. $50K shy of a $1,000,000 doesn't make us Rockefellers but I still ...

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Would You Survive a Financial Recession If Economic Collapse Is Imminent?

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Let me summarized up to you any forum that has the word 'prediction' and 'market' tied to it. There are usually two opposing sides: Bulls and Bears. Both of them are kind of pointless.The perma-Bulls ...

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Debt and Depression – Why I’m Proud To Be A Grown Up Tattletale

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

I've tried writing this piece in my head for days. (Warning: this entry is about debt, depression, and suicide.) I remembered something that happened to me that I never told anyone. I never even told ...

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The Dying Middle Class: “Two American Families” – PBS Frontline Documentary Review

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Hiya guys! Come watch a movie with me!I started climbing down the YouTube auto-play pit when a blogger friend recommended a Warren Buffet documentary. I believe it was around midnight, I had insomnia, ...

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4 Meaningful Things I Wish I Knew Before Growing Up

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

The world is this big scary mega congregation of random events, unpredictable messes, and catastrophic meaningless nothings. I fear earthquakes, bed bugs, car accidents, identity theft, and ...

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The Influential People of My Life (Past & Present)

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Cast of CharactersI've written a cast of real-life characters of mine in the hopes of building rapport. This list constitutes those who have left a unique fingerprint on my existence, both past, and ...

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Facebook Bragging Can Be Annoying & It Could Ruin Your Finances Too

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

We're all too social media crazy these days. It's becoming such a norm you have to announce you're off social media or else everyone assumes you're automatically on the radar. If I wasn't a blogger, I ...

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How We Handled Our First Year as Homeowners (Home Maintenance & DIYs)

By Jared

Owning a home can be a lot of work; it seems like there's always something (big or small) that needs to be fixed or maintained.Sometimes a light switch goes on the fritz, a false positive smoke ...

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What Financial Health Means to Me {Contest Essay}

What Financial Health Means to Me: Overcoming My Hyperfrugality

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

ReflectionJune 9, 2000 was the day we arrived.Mom, dad and little me left our little fishing village and flew across the ocean to America. It was my first time on a plane, my first time in a car lane ...

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