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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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We didn’t have enough cash saved to buy a car without a loan and that wasn’t sitting well with me. Also, about the time everything shut down, my coffee machine decided to as well. I’ve already started thinking of changes I want to make to our financial plan when our business is back to running at full capacity.

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Our Big Financial Goal for 2016

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It has been my obsession goal since we found ourselves in a dicey situation back in August 2013. Between 2013 – 2015, we whittled that down and as of today we have just two loans left. We do budget for dining out and this year, we will need to be more diligent about staying within that budget. I think I’ll survive.

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Saving Tips & Free Crediting Monitoring

For the Mommas

Adrian Nazari, CEO and founder of CreditSesame.com , is available to talk about how consumers can start 2013 on the right financial foot, as well as discuss the top 3 financial resolutions and what consumers can do to address them including: Saving More. Do you really need cable television or can you make do without?

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

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I started the Debt Free Stories interview series back in September and it has been really well received. In 2013, The Christmas Savings Club encouraged all of us to save monthly so that we could have a cash Christmas. My Themes for 2015: 1. Debt Free Stories. If you’ve missed the previous interviews, you can find them HERE.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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I want to challenge myself to rethink our purchases by taking advantage of more cost effective solutions, like borrowing, buying second hand, or just making do with what we already have. What We Won’t Give Up: My motto has always been “living well on less” and now it will be “living well on (even) less”.