Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

We carried no credit card debt and we contributed to our retirement. We had a lot of debt, not enough cash flow, and very little set aside for emergencies. 5 Lessons Learned When Our Finances Went Awry. The extra debt that we took on was beginning to suffocate us, so I sat down and created a step-by-step plan.

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Nicoles Nickels

APRIL 1, 2013

I don’t have a daughter but I am a woman and in my line of work as an attorney I deal with primarily women in my practice so I feel like this topic is an important one. Please each your daughters about financial literacy! It’s so important that we act as role models for our daughters and other women in our lives.

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Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 12, 2015

7 Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances. T – time based, tangible, Take a peek at my family’s financial goals–I keep our Debt Freedom Plan on our refrigerator door for a constant reminder of our financial goals. I developed our family balance sheet years ago when I needed a way to talk to my husband about our finances.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 20, 2017

She is the co-founder of the website, Little Light on a Hill , where she writes about faith, family, and finances. I love her passion for helping others along their debt free journey. Be sure to check out her website where she is offering a free finance workbook if you subscribe to her newsletter. How much debt did you pay off?

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Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 18, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Ruth. She is the author of the successful website, Living Well Spending Less , where she writes about finding the Good Life on a budget. We have two daughters—Maggie, age 8, and Annie, age 5. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? Where are you from?

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 4, 2015

However a few years ago, we found ourselves with too much debt and not enough cash. Within a year after settlement, we found ourselves with a lot of debt, not enough cash flow, and very little set aside for emergencies. I manage the finances for our business and our family and by August 2013, I felt the weight of the situation.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 26, 2016

As God is my witness, it WILL be the year that we pay off the last of our non-mortgage debt. Thankfully, we have worked through those trials and the experience actually made a positive impact on our finances. At the time, we had 4 business loans and 1 student loan that were weighing on us, so we created our Debt Freedom Plan.

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 11, 2016

I’m busy raising my daughters with my 50-something husband, managing our small business, and writing my blog. But for our own safety net, we must make our finances a priority. We charted out our course of action to pay off debts and start saving for retirement. I really am enjoying this decade though. ” I hear you.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 14, 2011

daughter's school was still canceled. She needed and wanted her mama and I realized that I needed to get over my anxiety that nothing was going to get done and just be in the moment comforting my daughter. Personal Finance around the web: Festival of Frugality at Cash Money Life. We had a snow day on Wednesday. A must read!

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Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Right before the pandemic started, I opened 529 College Savings Accounts for our daughters. My oldest was in eighth grade and one of my goals for 2020 was to start saving consistently for both daughters’ college education. We want to assist them in financing their college years and we needed to make some progress.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 11, 2016

As the mother of two young daughters I can totally relate to delusional thoughts about fairies as I have been waiting for the cleaning fairy to stop by for years. Starting today, take charge of your finances. It was my way to contribute to our finances while I was staying at home with her. Get Your Financial House in Order.

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I’m a long-distance cyclist, a triathlete, a wife, a mother of two, a sister, a daughter, a friend, DIY-er, and a community member! Sunrise with my daughter at Lake Michigan Our son is now 15, and about 25 hours into his private pilot’s license, which he’s funding by earning money working for my father-in-law.

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The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

Our daughter is 24 and was adopted from Eastern Europe when she was one week short of a year old. He married the love of his life almost two years ago, so now we have a daughter-in-law, too. Although my parents never specifically taught me about finances, they lived a frugal life by necessity. Our son is 29 and biological.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 8, 2011

I am talking about spring cleaning your finances and finding more ways you can save money. Today along with the great tips from my fellow personal finance bloggers, I am going to share with you six ways you can clean up your finances this season. I did this yeas ago when I was in debt and it made paying off the debt a reality.

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 11, 2014

Welcome to Debt Free Stories. She paid off $41,587 in debt in 14 months! I am a single mom who lives in the Greensboro, NC area with my 6 year old daughter, Emme and 9 year old mutt, Belle. I have enjoyed belly dancing and pilates the last several years, but time and budget reduced from my schedule. Where are you from?

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