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What are YOUR Financial Goals? | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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Today’s assignment: List your SMART financial goals. Earlier this year, my husband and I wrote a specific list of financial goals and named it Our Debt Freedom Plan. Prior this plan, we had set goals, but never before had we been so specific with a step by step approach. Is it to pay off your house?

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10 Must-Know Personal Finance Tips for Moms’ Financial Success

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Educate Yourself “Truthfully, probably 95% of Americans are financially illiterate.” − Suze Orman – Women & Money (and Everyone Smart Enough to Listen) Financial literacy is probably the most important bit of education that can help get you from where you are to where you want to be financially.

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Family Office Manager

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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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We're Saving for Disney and We Need Your Advice

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It is one of our 2012 Financial Goals and I am starting to research it. From what we hear, a Disney vacation is not a vacation that you can just book and hope for the best when you get there. Thanks for reading. We are raising two stinkerbelles who adore princesses and Mickey and Minnie. So, we're Saving for Disney!

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

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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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Choose Thrift First | February Meeting

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We have some hefty financial goals this year and this is just one more way for me to squeeze more from our budget. I have found new or gently worn name brand clothing, snow gear, shoes, household stuff, and books. February Update. I can honestly say that I did very little shopping (outside of groceries) in February.

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Meet Jackie. She and Her Husband Paid off $147,000 in Debt | Debt Free Stories

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I quit my job to focus on my own stuff (blogging, painting, rental property, my iPhone app, writing Kindle books, etc.). I needed to count on myself and support my son, and that meant getting my financial life in order, starting with building an emergency fund for the first time. What are your financial goals now?

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