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What are YOUR Financial Goals? | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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Today’s assignment: List your SMART financial goals. Earlier this year, my husband and I wrote a specific list of financial goals and named it Our Debt Freedom Plan. Prior this plan, we had set goals, but never before had we been so specific with a step by step approach. Is it to pay off your house?

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Spring Clean.Your Finances

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Welcome in the beauty of the season with 5 Steps to Spring Cleaning Your Finances Review your 2011 Financial Goals. Did you make some financial goals for 2011 back in January? Take some time this month to review your goals. Check your credit report for errors or unauthorized activity.

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Yakezie Carnival November 13, 2011- November Edition

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Funancials: Lesser Known Credit Card Perks – Most people are aware of the advantages to using a credit card. – One of the most important components to a budget is setting financial goals. Related posts: Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition. Smart Family Finance: Is Your Budget Easy to Beat?

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

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I have been sharing my passion for simple living on GrowingSlower.com since 2011, and I now have added the Real Mom’s Guide series of books and courses to further encourage my readers! We also continued using debit and credit cards (paid in full multiple times per month) for the convenience of tracking our expenses online.

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5 Steps to Succeeding Your Goals

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As I planned my goals for 2012, I realized that I made only one goal for myself in 2011. In January 2011, after a quick online search, I found a race in the fall that was close to home and I would have plenty of time to train. In October 2011, I finished my first half-marathon. 5 Steps to Succeeding Your Goals.

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Find out how Lydia & her Husband Paid off $36,000 in Debt in 2 Years

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We paid off $36,000 in student loans, credit cards, cars and a bit of medical debt. But I would say the breaking point came in June of 2011 when I was in a car wreck. What are your financial goals now? We are what some might call homesteaders, we raise our own chickens and garden. How much debt did you pay off?

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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They are also there working with you to help you reach your goals; even those financial goals. Nathan Richardson from ComplexSearch.com presents What’s a Good Credit Score? Philip Taylor from PT Money Personal Finance presents The Best Gas Rewards Credit Cards–June 2011.