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One of my favorite financial bloggers (J. Money – the OG of #personalfinance bloggers) removed himself from the game (i.e. sold his blog – Budgets Are Sexy) in late 2019.  Hot off the presses… he is back! Evidently, the buyer couldn’t get done what they hoped and J. Money is back in the saddle. I

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When Dave died, one of the most beautiful parts of my life and a huge part of my future died with him. We had plans that we will never be able to fulfill and this changed my life forever. I will be talking about some of our plans on the Mindful Money Podcast in the

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