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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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Wonder what sets you apart from the people that seem to crush their financial goals? These folks didn’t corner the market on goal success either, instead they just got the task DONE. His 2017 goal is to make $100,000 in online income. Aja’s wanted to boost her online income to an additional $2000 a month.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Personally, I think a starter fund should be $2000-$3000. Make it a game and be creative when looking for money within your budget and finding new ways to earn extra money. Groceries is the easiest budget category to overspend. It was an escape from the office, but it was eating up my budget…see what I did there!

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Personally, I think a starter fund should be $2000-$3000. Look for money within your budget and find creative ways to earn extra money. 8 – Rethink your gift spending and create a budget for the year. In our experience, life’s unexpected emergencies tend to be higher than $1000. You will be so thankful later.

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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At that time, I couldn’t cash flow the office budget, home budget, our loans, and retirement savings. He went back to school at the age of 34 to pursue a new career and has not regretted it, but his student loan was about the size of a small home mortgage when he graduated in 2000.

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