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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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It can be difficult to watch others succeed with their goals. They took it one step at a time though, first by building up emergency funds as quickly as possible, then by paying off the credit cards and committing to no new debt. Save for emergencies. Read: How to Build your Emergency Fund. Getting Started.

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

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The grocery category is the easiest one to reduce. I list tons of ideas: How to Slash Your Grocery Spending . How to Watch Great TV without Cable – We were able to cut $50/month by giving up cable, yet we still watch great TV. 31 Days to Find $1000 – I was able to find over $1000 with these ideas.

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