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Setting Financial Goals: Make Them Smart and Simple

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You’ve heard the saying that nothing worthwhile is achieved without a goal? Setting financial goals is an important part of planning to achieve financial security and have enough money in your retirement years to live the way you want. So, how do you set financial goals as part of a financial plan?

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P.E.P. for the Week of January 24-28, 2010- Adjustment Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

As some of you know, one of my goals for 2011 is to become a certified fitness professional. The goal was to be certified by summer. How to Save Money shares with us how we can keep our finances safe when buying items online. We personally use Quicken and we find it works great for reviewing our finances. What did you do?

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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

Family Balance Sheet

In June of 2010, we hit our rock bottom point. After trying to extend credit to finance the vacation and we were denied (best thing to ever happen to us) we realized we made too much money to be living like this and something had to change. If married, who initiated the debt free goal? What are your financial goals now?

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Please Welcome Another New Staff Writer- Crystal

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

She started blogging in early 2010 and is now blogging full time. She blogs about personal finance at Budgeting in the Fun Stuff and how she earns money at How I Money Online. However, over the last year, she has made huge strides in reaching her weight goal. Crystal will be sharing her weight loss journey here at PET.

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Best of Money – Price is Right Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Our next item up for bid is a personal finance management kit sponsored by One Cent at a Time. This kit will help you know what you want to do with money, know where your money goes, know how to save money for your goals, plan your spending in advance, know exactly where you need to put control, and organize your financial records.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

I started reading The Frugal Girl back in 2010 when Kristen’s kids were still itty bitty. After I became a mother, finances became much more complicated. As our family and household income grew, my husband and I made it a goal to put more money aside for emergencies, retirement, college, home improvements, etc.

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FREE Credit Score Every Month with CreditSesame.com

Nicoles Nickels

Credit Sesame is a 100% free personal finance credit and debt management tool with no credit card required or trial period. You can also use it to check out loan and credit card options with “optimize” This will help you towards a goal of being debt free. © 2010 Nicoles Nickels LLC All Rights Reserved.

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