29-year-old is scaling back her six-figure career to run a local bookstore with her husband: It's an 'intrinsic' part of the community

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This story is part of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which examines how people earn, spend and save their money. Paola Merrill never meant to be an influencer. The 29-year-old was working in a preschool when the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020 and her hours were cut, she says. So in her free time, she decided to make videos of the picturesque green fields and mountains in her hometown of Winthrop, Washington , where she lives with her now-husband. Her channel quickly gained a following

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