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My Binder System for Organizing Some Important Areas of My Office and My Life

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My financial binder holds my monthly to-do list , my yearly goals, our Family Balance Sheet , our family budget, and our business budget and statistics. I had to chuckle when I saw my training calendar from 2004, the year before our first daughter was born. I wrote "Loser" on June 24 and the funny thing is I remember doing it.

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Xperience Days Giveaway

Nicoles Nickels

Since 2004, we have helped over 100,000 people give Unique Gifts and create lasting memories in the form of Experience Gifts. And with Xperience Days Certificates starting at only $25, you’ll be able to find a unique gift within your budget.” Where to Buy: online at Xperience Days. Price of Product: varies.

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4 Tips To Starting Your Financial Plan

Saving Cents With Sense

Only 32 percent of Americans prepare a monthly budget, according to a Gallup poll taken in June 2013. Creating a short-term budget and long-term financial plan can not only help you get out of debt once and for all, but they can also guide you to economic independence and prosperity. Build a Budget & Emergency Fund.

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Why We Left Traditional Health Insurance

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COBRA (an acronym for Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985) is a law that was passed during the Reagan administration that allows employees to continue their health coverage after leaving employment, but the employee must pay for it. I had no idea how easy health care was for us until I left that corporate job.

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An Update on Medi-Share – September 2017

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We have had high deductible health insurance plans since 2004 and during that time, we only hit our deductible one year. We generally don’t have a lot of medical bills–just the usual stuff like annual physicals, some blood work, and an occasional sick visit.

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Medi-Share Update: One Year Later

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That was a hit to our budget, but we reworked our numbers to find the funds and make it fit. We had high deductible health plans from 2004 – 2016 and contributed many years to a health savings account. Once there, we found many options, but the costs were more than we were paying with the private insurer.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #241 – June 15, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The Skilled Investor , Editor Budgeting and Economics Paul Vachon presents Frugal Living Made Easy posted at The Frugal Toad , saying, “Frugal living is all about making informed and deliberate choices in how to spend money. Learn how you can amend regular over spending habit and stick to the budget. Well, not to worry.

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