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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

personal saving rate bottomed out at around 1% in the third quarter of 2005. Folks who stay the course become more and more self sufficient financially as time goes one, eventually leading to the ability to weather economic, medical, and catastrophic storms that may come to each of us at any time. ” The tired of scrimping effect.

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5 Steps to Succeeding Your Goals

Family Balance Sheet

Once I became pregnant with our first daughter in 2005, at the ripe old age of 35, I stopped running completely and took up walking. I learned so much that I hope to apply these lessons to my personal and financial goals for 2012. 5 Steps to Succeeding Your Goals. Set a Specific Goal. Do you have a plan?

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