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Budgeting for Life

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My husband and I live within our means and budget and hope our children will learn from example. It’s Not Just Important for Children Currently, I’m getting a crash course in just how vital budgeting, preparing and planning for the future is to the stability of your financial future. So, how have you budgeted for life?

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

Before we get to the list, if you haven’t started planning for Christmas, I offer this FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget Excel Worksheet to my email subscribers. Enough was enough and we have since changed our ways of budgeting for Christmas gifts. Part-Time Job. Hopefully, that’s your goal too.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

Before we get to the list, if you haven’t started planning for Christmas, here’s my FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget Excel Worksheet to help you get started. Enough was enough and we have since changed our ways about budgeting for Christmas gifts. Part-Time Job. Hopefully, that’s your goal too.

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Work Harder, Then Work Smarter

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If the answer is ‘yes’, then you can find more time for a part-time job (because I know you’re watching that television at least once a week). So here’s what you do: turn off the TV (or better yet, sell it), go find a part-time job, and make an additional $500 a month until you get ahead a little.

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Designate a Family Office Manager | Marriage & Money

Family Balance Sheet

” Stanley wrote about Susan, a wife and mother who handled all of the financial tasks in her home, from budgeting to making investment decisions. Even though I was helping my husband from home part-time with his business, I still felt like I wasn’t contributing to our finances and that drove me crazy.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Make it a game and be creative when looking for money within your budget and finding new ways to earn extra money. Groceries is the easiest budget category to overspend. There was a time (pre-pandemic) that I ate lunch out almost every day with friends. Dinner time can be stressful for everyone.

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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

I can remember quite a few years in college and grad school when my part-time jobs juuuuust barely covered my expenses (and sometimes not even that!) How did you become interesting in saving money? I think I first got interested in money by … not having any! so I just needed to spend money carefully and save if I could.

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