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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. Even small children can learn the value of saving , and it’s interesting to learn that small children are often more conservative with their dollars than older children. So, how have you budgeted for life?

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Start Saving Early for Retirement: Tips for Young People Just Starting Out

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‘The time to start saving for retirement is yesterday’ quipped the financial advisor. The second-best time to start is today! The longer you save for retirement, the more money you will have to retire on, even if the amounts saved are quite small in the beginning. How many years will you be retired?

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Work Harder, Then Work Smarter

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I think I can hear the groans and screams already, “But I don’t have any extra time! I already work a full time job and there’s just no time in my schedule for anything else!&# Part-time Job Ideas. Save up an extra $10,000 from that part-time job and quit. Dish Washer.

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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. I read Millionaire Women Next Door around the same time that I became a mother and left the full-time work force to stay at home with our new baby.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

Family Balance Sheet

works in outbound sales, and I teach part-time. working full time at a low-paying job and going to grad school full time, while my husband was working multiple jobs just to help us make ends meet. get better once I had my masters degree and could teach full-time. strict budget.

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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

Family Balance Sheet

He writes at Debt Discipline about about how his family of 5 deals with money, budgets and debt. I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. So we got a budget together in an excel spreadsheet. Little things like coffee, lunches, fast food etc add up and can kill your budget.

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Alternatives to Student Loans to Fund Your Education

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When I first started taking courses toward my degree, I quickly realized that the money that I’d saved up barely covered my textbooks for the year and I had to be resourceful to figure out how to come up with the cash. Few students have so little free time that they can’t work at least part-time.

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