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Our 2023 Financial Goals

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By planning our expenses each month to predict cash flow, I hope to avoid impulsive purchases and reduce some spending. After our mortgage, grocery spending is our next largest expense. At the end of 2022, I totaled the year’s worth of groceries and was blown away by the number. Get out the shovel!

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Make it a game and be creative when looking for money within your budget and finding new ways to earn extra money. 2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Do you know how much you spend on groceries each month? Groceries is the easiest budget category to overspend.

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

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During that time, I started to budget for everything. Every aspect of our lives was included in our budget. We got back on track with planning our spending and we were able to breathe again. Personally, budgeting has allowed us to control of our money, reach financial goals, and start planning for our dream life.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Look for money within your budget and find creative ways to earn extra money. Stop Spending, BUT still live well: 1 – Declare a “Needs Only” month. How much can you save just by cutting out non-essential spending? ” Trust me, YOU WILL SURVIVE! Become hyper-focused on funding this account.

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10 Smart Ways to Become Debt Free

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When you have tracked, analyzed, and cut your budget to bare bones, there is only one other way to find extra money to put towards debt and that is to make more money. I have made hundreds of dollars at yard sales and usually use the money to pay for our vacation spending. Tracy used cash for her spending categories.

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