Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Look over your current budget. Meet with a financial advisor. Our goal is to meet with experts and ask them for advice. We had financial advisors look over our budget and make suggestions about what we could cut. Who initiated the debt free goal? Actually making a budget! We do it together.

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Debt Free Debt Emergency Fund Finance 241

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 13, 2011

This impulse spending will prevent you from saving for the important things like a house, a new car, a vacation or retirement. We need to work together to set some financial goals and a budget for you so that you can resist spending money on items that really don’t matter in the long run. Lastly, set some financial goals.

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Financial Goals College Tuition Goals Credit Cards 174

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

Arranging a family financial analysis is very important to long term financial success. Here are are five reasons why budgeting for your family is important: A thorough financial analysis helps you…. achieve financial targets. Create a Budget. Set Financial Goals. Travel and Vacation.

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Family Financial Goals Debt Goals 196

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 17, 2018

Our kids spent their first week of summer vacation at the beach with their Girl Scouts troop. One thing that I didn’t want to do much of on our date week was COOK, but I didn’t want blow our budget. This month’s challenge: Create a Financial Vision Board. My husband and I had a planned date WEEK recently.

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Home and Garden Financial Goals Friends And Family Sale Gardening 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 28, 2014

It can be something financially prudent like starting a retirement account or something totally frivolous like saving for a vacation. The important thing is to get started; any major goal that inspires you to do that is a good start. Another word for that roadmap is a budget. Put a System in Place. Money Tips'

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Hobby Money Making Goals 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 7, 2014

See a Budget as an Ally. For many of us, the word ‘budget’ leaves a bad taste in our mouth. But, budgets are not the enemy. There are lots of great sites, such as this one, that offer great tips on making budgets for all types of people and goals. So, what are some of your goals?

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Money Goals Budgeting Budget 113

Penny Pinchin' Mom

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

What you can do is control how much of your money you spend on bills in any given month and how much of it you save for your long-term financial planning and security. Also See: How to Budget Money on a Low Income How Much of Your Salary Should You Save? Yet, your kids simply can’t stand the store brands. So, what do you do?

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Saving Money Money Saving Bills 52

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2015

He writes at Debt Discipline about about how his family of 5 deals with money, budgets and debt. We were planning our family summer vacation and came to the conclusion that we had no money to pay for it. So we got a budget together in an excel spreadsheet. If married, who initiated the debt free goal? Where are you from?

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Debt Credit Cards Debt Free Credit 100

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 3, 2014

I’m trying to find that balance of staying within a set budget while still eating well. But we have some serious financial goals to hit and the grocery budget is an easy target when it comes to cutting the budget. Dining out is a separate line item in our budget. It is frequently a side dish at dinner.

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March Groceries Grocery Homemade 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Another example is that once a month I calculate our net worth and review our discretionary spending budget vs. actuals. I have two LLCs, one for a vacation rental and the other for my online activities. As in, when did we last put on a new roof, or how long ago did we take that vacation to London or when did we redo the bathroom?

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Personal Finance Finance Financial Goals Life Insurance 100

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

She hosts a You Tube channel, The Former Mrs. Jones , where she vlogs about budgeting, debt free living, and family life. No new clothes, no vacation, no extra anything. We tried our best to stretch the food budget. If married, who initiated the debt free goal? We do a monthly budget. Where are you from?

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Debt Debt Free Bath and Body Works Gas 100

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 13, 2016

Making a budget and cutting expenses. If you look at our budget today vs 5 years ago when we started the journey: we have more than doubled our income, and expenses have slightly increased with the babies and some small luxuries. Working together, sharing the same goals and vision, talking about milestones. Its exponential.

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Debt Debt Free Finds Home 100

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 8, 2018

During that time, I started to budget for everything. Every aspect of our lives was included in our budget. When people hear the word budget, they think “restriction” and “no fun”, but honestly that couldn’t be further from the truth. Another way to think of a budget is a spending plan.

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Budgeting Budget Financial Goals Goals 133

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2021

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. It was an escape from the office, but it was eating up my budget…see what I did there! 25 Ways to Find Money for your Emergency Fund.

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Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 130

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 20, 2017

strict budget. We committed to using a cash budget, and we talked daily at. 1 – Set a budget. Not only did we write a new budget before the start of. came up that day that made us need to tweak some of our other budget. 2 – Used a cash budget. cash for our cash budget categories.

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Debt Debt Free Friends And Family Sale Budgeting 100

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

You can find Angela at her You Tube channel, Our Life…on a Budget , where she vlogs about getting out of debt and staying there! The first thing we did was to review our spending and create a budget. Once we did our budget, we found that we could put all of that money that once disappeared towards our debt.

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Debt Debt Free Budgeting Budget 100

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Using a personal loan is only a good idea when it is consistent with being able to achieve other financial goals,” says Mark Hamrick, Bankrate senior economic analyst and Washington bureau chief. “If Before taking on debt, use a personal loan repayment calculator to help budget.

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Debt Credit Cards Credit College Tuition 52

Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 5, 2015

He was always trying to put us on budgets, help us look for ways to save and not spend so much but we never found a system that worked for us and continued in spending behaviors that didn’t help advance goals. How often do you and your spouse discuss your finances/budget/spending? What are your financial goals now?

Debt 100

Debt Debt Free Finds Finance 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 10, 2012

The Skilled Investor , Editor Budgeting and Economics Little House presents The Five Tool Budgeter posted at Little House in the Valley , saying, “In baseball, a five-tool player is one who excels in some of the game’s major skills: fielding, base running, hitting for power, hitting for contact, and throwing ability.

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Money May 2012 Debt 113

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Look for money within your budget and find creative ways to earn extra money. 8 – Rethink your gift spending and create a budget for the year. If you have a big financial goal, think about how much you pay someone to do something that you are capable of doing yourself. Become hyper-focused on funding this account.

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Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 100

The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

A lot of blood, sweat, and tears were shed here, but we both agree that having no mortgage gave us a serious leg up on our retirement savings and other financial goals. I track expenses, monitor our budget and handle all of our investments. Do you have any tips for frugal travel or vacations? Spreadsheets are my friends.

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Green And Frugal Kids and Family Hotel Frugal 179

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 27, 2015

I knew I was going to be a stay at home mom when we had kids and since we were both teachers, we simply could not afford for me to stay home, unless we got rid of something big in our budget. Our initial goal was to pay off our 15 year mortgage in 7-8 years by doubling our payment each month. Budget – Obvious, I know.

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Debt Debt Free Pay Off Debt Finds 100

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 2, 2016

That meant no vacations, no new clothes, no eating out, nothing. Spending Audits Not Budgets – This might be a little controversial, but I tried budgeting and kept on failing. I’ve had a few (bargain) vacations away, moved to a slightly nicer property and got out of that awful job I mentioned earlier.

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Debt Finds Debt Free Pay Off Debt 100

Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 11, 2014

I have enjoyed belly dancing and pilates the last several years, but time and budget reduced from my schedule. Use this to develop a budget & determine where you will cut back. (If If you do a budget without awareness of your blind spots, you don’t know where you need to cut.). What are your financial goals now?

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Debt Free Debt Mom Goals 235

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 7, 2015

Forget vacation. How often do you and your spouse discuss your finances/budget/spending? We do budget together EVERY SINGLE MONTH. Because each month needs a different budget based on the circumstances you’re currently in. A monthly budget – but we’ve done that since day 1. And deodorant.

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Debt Free Debt Budgeting Budget 100