{"id":7068,"date":"2012-09-24T23:29:21","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T04:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seanthorenson.wordpress.com\/?p=7068"},"modified":"2014-08-07T10:23:56","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T15:23:56","slug":"recipe-for-saving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/inklings\/recipe-for-saving\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe for Saving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7069\" title=\"Beans&amp;RiceInklings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/inklings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/beansriceinklings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"573\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7058\" title=\"spacer\" src=\"http:\/\/seanthorenson.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/spacer3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"50\" \/><strong>It&#8217;s no secret that dining out too often will help your wallet lose weight.<\/strong> This familiar mantra is one of the many &#8216;battle cries&#8217; of Dave Ramsey, financial author, radio talk-show host and motivational speaker. 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