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• A year later, still surviving and thriving

  Posted Dec 07 2007, 09:30 AM by Donna Freedman
  Filed under: Retirement, Extreme savings, Spending, Donna Freedman
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  When I wrote "Surviving (and thriving) on $12,000 a year" in January, I promised to check in at the end of 2007 to let readers know how I was doing.
  

  I could never have imagined how that article would change my life. It led to additional assignments for MSN Money, and eventually to hosting this blog, for which I earn a part-time salary.
  

  My life changed. My lifestyle didn't.   Read More...

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• Frugal, starting now

  Posted Dec 03 2007, 08:28 AM by Donna Freedman
  Filed under: Retirement, Extreme savings, Divorce, Donna Freedman
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  A reader who calls herself “Tightwad_Amy” always has been kind of frugal. But recent upheavals in her personal life forced her to really live up to her sobriquet.
  

  First, Amy lost “a great job.” Then her husband quit his job. Then her husband left her.
  

  “I’ve really had to cut expenses,” Amy wrote on the Smart Spending message board.   Read More...

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