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Alexander made a different choice.
GOBankingRates talked to Alexander about why she has no regrets about spending her stimulus check on building a garden.
Also see what happened to the person who spent stimulus money on a gaming system.
Frivolous Spending
For years, Alexanderwon acclaimas a travel writer, publisher and teacher.
Before the pandemic, students traveled from all over the world to her classes in Mexico and Uganda.
At that point, I knew I couldnt fly anymore, Alexander said.
COVID made it so that you couldnt be a travel writer anymore, and the pain from the M.S.
was just killing me every time.
With few options left, Alexander decided to build a garden, spending $5,000.
Investing In Family
Making smart money moves is crucial, especially during financially turbulent times.
However, money management is also a mindset, said Olivia Dreizen Howell, a certifiedlife and success coach.
Thats what Heather Thornsley and her family did during the pandemic when her husband lost his job.
Thornsley used the stimulus money to rent a condo in Lake Tahoe.
Every day,my daughter and husbandskied right outside our door, Thornsley said.
We loved our house in Oakland, but we needed a different view.
Thornsley said her familys decision to go to Tahoe felt extravagant to them, their friends and their family.
But it was totally worth it, she said.
Working while watching it snow was aneeded mental health shift.
Saving Lives
Building and maintaining the garden saved her life, Alexander said.
I chose something that I thought would save me and it did.
Alexander began saving other lives by using her home as an animal sanctuary.
I lost it all, she said.
I had to dismantle the whole garden and of course all of it died.
That was one of the most painful things I ever went through.
Alexander said she plans to start a new garden at the animal sanctuary where she lives.
But this time, Alexander said shell use seeds because she cant afford to buy plants.
It (building the garden) was a really good thing to do, Alexander said.
It saved my soul.
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