Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Stanley’s book, Millionaire Women Next Door: The Many Journeys of Successful American Businesswomen, and I had an aha moment. Chapter 17 in this book is titled, “Why not run the family office?” I read this book around the same time that I became a mother and left the full-time workforce to stay at home with our new baby.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Chapter 17 in this book is titled, “Why not run the family office?” ” Stanley wrote about Susan, a wife and mother who handled all of the financial tasks in her home, from budgeting to making investment decisions. She treated her role like a job and helped her family achieve financial independence.

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Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Welcome to 31 Days to Organize Your Finances. By the end of the month, my goal is to help you have a detailed financial plan for your family. We’ll talk about cash flow, budgets, debts, and all of the nitty gritty of our finances that might not be fun to talk about, but are so important to discuss.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 7, 2015

Since we just celebrated the New Year, now is the best time to clean up your finances. Here’s what you can do now to start the year on the right foot with your money: Do a Year End Review. That’s why a year end review is a good idea, financially. Set Monthly Money Goals. Revisit Your Expenses.

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Goals Financial Goals New Year's Budgeting 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 23, 2015

Set your financial goals together and you both will be more likely to stick to them. Weigh each decision against your financial goals. Consider not only the financial aspects, but the life enjoyment aspects as well. Educate yourself and your family in personal finance concepts. Get your family on board.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

I have been sharing my passion for simple living on GrowingSlower.com since 2011, and I now have added the Real Mom’s Guide series of books and courses to further encourage my readers! I finally got inspired that we should at least start working on this huge goal of being debt free when I read Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover.

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Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 18, 2015

We paid off our law school and car loans several years ago, just because we didn’t like having them hang over our heads, but then we took a Financial Peace University class and made it our goal to pay off our house as well. Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living?

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