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What to Do When You and Your Spouse Have Differing Financial Goals

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We bought a house in 2012; we both have fulfilling careers and we have two little dogs that we consider fur babies. My financial goal is to save up enough to travel extensively (such as an around-the-world trip or maybe volunteering abroad for a longer period of time). My fiancé and I are getting married in less than two months.

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Marriage and Money: 5 Tips To Reduce the Money Arguments

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Women’s Money Week will run from March 5th-11th, 2012 on WomensMoneyWeek.com — coinciding with International Women’s Day. For this reason, I have put together a list of tips that contribute to my marriage's current lack of money tension. 5 Tips to Help You Reduce the Money Arguments in Your Marriage. Or buy a home?

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How to Create a Family Balance Sheet + Get a FREE one for your family!

Family Balance Sheet

My Excel spreadsheet listed our short-term and long-term account balances, our debts, and our short-term and long-term financial goals. Personally, our goal is to OWN more than we OWE and to eventually OWE zero. It is a time to hash out any differences or make some bold plans so that we can achieve a particular goal.

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Resolve to Lower Your Grocery Spending

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Did you resolve to lower your grocery expenses in 2012? Every Wednesday, I post a quick tip to help you save money in the kitchen. In the meantime, check out these popular posts that are full of tips to help you reduce your grocery bill. Eleven Simple Tips For Easier Menu Planning. Want a Month of FREE Groceries?

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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The journey started in 2012 when we bought an office building for our business and then found ourselves with a lot of debt and not enough cash flow. A lot of life happened over 7 years and our plan changed slightly, but our goal remains to achieve complete freedom from debt. Our 2019 Financial Goal. 1st Update in June 2014.

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Organize Your Financial Documents | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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By the end of the month, my goal is to help you have a detailed financial plan for your family. My home office back in 2012: I had financial papers all over the place back then and it took a snow storm where I was stranded indoors for me to take the time to organize our documents and our filing cabinet.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

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Our goal is to NOT put our Christmas purchases on a credit card. Hopefully, that’s your goal too. The series was inspired by my own problem with not having enough cash for Christmas in 2012. Tips, baby! January will be one giant nightmare when the credit card bills start rolling in. Part-Time Job.

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