Savings Corner

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Setting retirement goals When it comes to retirement planning, it’s hard to meet goals you haven’t set. While some retirees find their budget shrinks during retirement, others say that they spend more on leisure activities and travel, at least in the early years.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 6, 2016

Graham (and Buffet) are known for their practice of ‘value investing’ – finding stocks that are undervalued. When I retired, I used this method to re-invest the proceeds from my company 401K (that I had rolled into an IRA). Instead, they had to be sold within the 401K and the proceeds reinvested in the IRA.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2017

One of those something’s is probably going to be finding a way to never be in that situation again – which means you will learn to start saving, some how, some time. Once we hit retirement, assuming your saving efforts have been successful, we might once again become spenders – pursuing delayed goals and dreams.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 31, 2015

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. Find ways to integrate exercise into your daily life instead of latching it on to your day.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 4, 2011

They are also there working with you to help you reach your goals; even those financial goals. If we put our mind and actions to reaching a goal then we will complete it. Some people find themselves buried under student loan debt with little chance of ever paying it off. If we make effort we will succeed.

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For the Mommas

JANUARY 23, 2013

Have more money automatically withdrawn from your paycheck and put in your 401k. According to the Wall Street Journal, 88% of resolutions fail, so the key here is to set small, achievable goals that add up to a whole lot of savings. There are websites out there that will allow you to set a goal. that gym you no longer use.)

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 28, 2011

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. We personally use Quicken and we find it works great for reviewing our finances. Moolanomy tells us how we can reach our savings goals by using virtual bank accounts. If you ask me, no.

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