Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 25, 2014
These are lessons that I try to impress upon my son because I don’t want him to make the same mistakes I made 15 years ago. I’m trying to be a little more hands-on with my son, and talk more openly about money (which is something that didn’t happen much in my parents’ home.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JULY 10, 2014
I like travel, I feel it’s important to set money aside for retirement and my son’s college education, and I like charitable giving. I acknowledge that these things make my life worth living as well. Money is automatically deposited into the retirement and emergency fund accounts, as well as to my son’s 529.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 30, 2013
Know where these items are, and make sure other family members know as well. My son knows that there are two meeting points out (depending on whether he leaves out the front or out the back) in our neighborhood. If you can get to it, the right safe will protect the information from floods and fires, as well as other disasters.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
NOVEMBER 8, 2012
When I think of a budget in the more traditional terms, I think of something limiting, as well as as something that is charge of me. My retirement account contribution, emergency fund contribution, car payments, utility bills, and mortgage are all set up so that they are paid automatically each month. We want an emergency fund.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 16, 2014
Traditional investment advice says that you shouldn’t invest in the market until you are financially stable, have an emergency fund and have taken care of other basics, such as insurance of all kinds, debt removal and etc. My father-in-law lined up his grown sons and daughters to chip into a fund, from which he bought stock.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
FEBRUARY 4, 2014
Our son was growing, and we knew we wanted to provide him with extracurricular activities that made sense for him — music and sports and scouting. So we put those in the list of priorities as well. We knew we wanted to save for retirement, and that we wanted to keep giving to charity. We also had bills and other obligations.
Family Balance Sheet
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
We paid for braces, college tuition for my son, and did fun stuff like traveling while we were paying off debt. I needed to count on myself and support my son, and that meant getting my financial life in order, starting with building an emergency fund for the first time. Building an emergency fund also helps enormously.
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