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Q&A | focus, blogging for money, and prepping for a split

The Frugal Girl

I feel I will never get rid of my credit card debt and I am so disappointed in myself that I let the balances get so high. If I were in your shoes, I would focus more on the process and on good habits , rather than on the ultimate goal of being free of credit card debt. from early blogging days!

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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

Family Balance Sheet

I started my blog Debt Discipline to help keep us accountable while paying off our debt. It was all consumer debt spread over 5 credit cards. We cut up our credit cards and never used them again. We’re a family of five, including, me, my wife and 3 children: 15 year old fraternal twins and a 12 year old son.

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Family Budget Spreadsheets 2021

Family Balance Sheet

For more information about the spreadsheets and details on how to order, visit: Family Budget Spreadsheets. This blog was based on my very first spreadsheet, the Family Balance Sheet. One January, we received a very large credit card bill in the mail. I created it as a way to communicate our finances to my husband.

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Introducing: Family Budget Spreadsheets

Family Balance Sheet

This blog was based on my very first spreadsheet, the Family Balance Sheet. One January, we received a very large credit card bill in the mail. I knew it was coming, because we hadn’t planned for all of the gifts we bought in December and used a credit card to pay for them.

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Join Me for the New Year New You Financial Summit

Family Balance Sheet

You will learn valuable information from leading personal finance bloggers on topics ranging from budgeting basics, dumping debt, boosting your income, and investing in YOUR future. Monday, January 9: 12pm EST: Tips for Tackling Credit Card Debt with LaTisha Styles. Don’t worry, you don’t have to go anywhere.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Kevin Mulligan from RothIRA.com’s Retirement Planning Blog tells us how to Take Advantage of Retirement Accounts for a Side Business. Jim Yih from Retire Happy Blog discusses Reverse Mortgages , and says, “Reverse mortgages are marketed effectively but are they really all they are cracked up to be?

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Since there seems to be so much in the news lately about credit cards- the good ones, the bad ones, the ugly ones, the fee free ones, the reward ones, the secured ones, etc. I figured I would talk about credit cards as today’s theme. Funancials : Should I Cancel My Credit Card? Futures introduction.