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Our 2023 Financial Goals

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Did you make 2023 financial goals ? We decided on one big audacious financial goal for the year, and it’s a doozy! The last time we wrote numbers-driven financial goals was 2019. But after that, our goals were not as specific. We have a number that we want to save for each daughter.

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Family Budget Spreadsheets 2021

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After the year we’ve had, I think we all are! If your fresh start for the New Year includes improving your finances, you are not alone! Saving more money is one of the top resolutions that people make…after getting in shape and eating healthier. I created a Monthly Budget spreadsheet because I like formulas.

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My Word for 2021

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Choosing a word to focus on for the New Year has been very popular over the years. I joined the crowd many years ago only to completely forget about my word by mid-March. Read: My 2020 Financial Goals. I thought about reusing REDUCE, but it’s a new year, so I need a new word.

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Take Control of YOUR Money in 2016

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And ready to rock the new year. For me the new year’s reality sets in the first Monday after the holiday. This year, we took a long break over the holidays to travel to see friends and family, so today has been a shock to my system. We have new financial goals for this year.

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7 Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances

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Refresh your memory with what you were thinking at the beginning of the year and review your yearly financial goals. You’re now in the trenches of the new year, do those goals still make sense? When reviewing your goals, did you use the S.M.A.R.T. method when you wrote them? M – measurable.

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

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Every January 1, I get caught up in the hopeful feeling of the upcoming new year. My husband and I make some financial goals at the start of every year. This is the year that we will control our money and our debt and fear will not control us. Weekly Meals on a Budget. How We Saved.

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7 Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances

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Do our goals still make sense now that we’re in the trenches of the new year? Take some time to review your yearly financial goals. SMART goals are: S – specific. Since that time, I have automated most of our financial transactions, but I still rely on my list to keep me in check. R – realistic.

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