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What Makes a Saver?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Once baby comes, we might become major spenders on toys, a new home, a bigger car and more. As baby grows, we might turn back into fiendish savers – trying to get that retirement fund or college fund built up. I also saved – maxing out 401K contributions to build up the retirement funds. Time of life.

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Money and Life in Your Forties

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I loved being home with my birth family as a kid, going to elementary and high school, finding new found freedom at college in my teens and early twenties, striking out on my own in my twenties, having and raising my babies in my twenties and thirties. I lost my stay at home baby weight and emerged a slim confident young career woman.

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What Can Go Wrong – Naming a Beneficiary

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Being the smart person you are, you you sign up for a 401K with company matching and do the right thing by starting to pump as much into it as possible. In 5 years – you’ve married and had a baby, but your 401k still goes to Mom and Dad when you die. You make your estate your beneficiary.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

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Sean presents 5 Tips to Help You Become Debt Free posted at Free Snatcher , saying, “Eliminating your debt is the first step to becoming Financially free. Theres a reason why the average amount of credit card debt per household is $15,956. Here are 5 steps to painlessly become debt free. But if you do… Savings.

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Totally Money Blog Carnival #18 – 6 Ways to Save Money Edition

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Today along with the great tips from my fellow personal finance bloggers, I am going to share with you six ways you can clean up your finances this season. Ramsay presents Borrowing From Your 401k. Among the many benefits afforded to many 401k participants is the ability to borrow funds from the account for personal purposes.