The Mediocre Mother

I'm a teacher mom to four living in the country, doing my best to find life-work balance on my journey to F.I.R.E. I love helping busy parents to optimize life!

[The Mediocre Mother @MotherMediocre]

If you're a mother struggling to balance all that comes along with life, I invite you to join my blogging community! #mediocremother, #mommy2four, #motherhood, #parenting, #parenthood, https://t.co/o5sjkz1jFz

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Are you a stressed out teacher who's considered quitting and transitioning into an alternative career? Follow along as I lay out the positives and negatives to teaching as well as jobs that teachers can do outside the classroom. https://t.co/Hggo3xx3Cg #teachertribe, #teaching

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Are you planning to help your children to pay for college? I'm a teacher and I'm planning to help all FOUR of kids graduate without piles of debt! https://t.co/CXm9OnK9MS #collegelife, #teacherlife, #financialindependenceforteachers, #firemovement, #earlyretirement

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Did you continue working after having your children or are you paying for daycare? https://t.co/Ma7CmumUWZ, #financialindependenceforteachers, #teacherfinances, #FIREmovement, #teachertribe, #daycare, #childcarecosts, #daycarecosts

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As we finish putting away the last of the gifts our four children received for Christmas, we don't have much remorse for the massive amount of money we spent, well maybe just a little. Did you stick to your budget this year? https://t.co/MFKBJzhqF7 #firemovement, #earlyretirement

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Teachers, I'm excited to share that I just registered for a doctoral program! Ugg, so nervous! If you're looking for a 100% online program with no dissertation, check out Liberty University and my most recent blog post, https://t.co/5cE7mEHefM

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Wondering what our family has been up to? Let me fill you in on what we've been doing since school started and my HUGE decision to start a doctoral program in Educational Leadership. #firemovement, #teacherlife, https://t.co/5cE7mEHefM

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What's new in education? Check out how the landscape of education is changing and how it's impacting teachers. #issuesineducation https://t.co/GQCTmMPUAu

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Looking for an easy way to save money? We applied for the Chase Saphire credit card and put our holiday and regular spending on it to reach the required $4,000 over 3 months. We now have somewhere between $750-$1200 to use towards our trip to Disney. #frugalliving

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@FinCon I’d love to help my fellow FIRE or Financial Independence bloggers out with freelance writing or Pinterest Pin creation. Check out my most recent site to see my work, https://t.co/DY1Pk7jzB9 #freelancer

[The Mediocre Mother @MotherMediocre]

Looking for an easy way to save money? We applied for the Chase Saphire credit card and put our holiday and regular spending on it to reach the required $4,000 over 3 months. We now have somewhere between $750-$1200 to use towards our trip to Disney. #frugalliving

[The Mediocre Mother @MotherMediocre]

@ConsolidatedUS Now is the best time to buy toys since tarrifs will go into effect mid December. The hottest toys are regular price right now too! We opened a Chase Saphire card and got 600 points just for buying holiday things!

[The Mediocre Mother @MotherMediocre]

@fire_university Buy coats or shoes for kids in need at your local school.

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@pcdnetwork This is really interesting. I wonder if things would be different if they were past their child-rearing ages when they retired...

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@omega_tank01 Love this! I'm so glad that my dad hounded me for weeks to finally turn in my 403b paperwork! That was back when I was 22, and now, on top of my teacher pension I have over $65,000 saved in my own personal retirement account! #financialindependence

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Have you heard of Ramit Sethi and his finance book, "I'll Teach You To Be Rich"? I love his message of making the most of your life so much that I just ordered his book! I can't wait to read it! #firemovement, #financialindependence, https://t.co/cQJNNppQRu

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@ourrichjourney I'm loving your adventure. How are the girls adapting? I'd imagine that at first it's pretty exciting, but then after a while it would get harder for a while. My three oldest kiddos are 10, 8, and 6 and I think they would have a really hard time moving away from their "norms".

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@CoachChadCarson @caniretire_yet @ChooseFi I'm enjoying reading about your adventures! Way to go!

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@OneSickVet Interesting article! Thanks for sharing :)

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@MargaretABrooks I love this! Financial literacy is so important! I think that as women it's especially important for us to take the time to empower ourselves to avoid situations like this one I had last year. https://t.co/e4gF4rC2Lr