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2012 Financial Goals

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On Christmas day, my husband and I spent 4 hours together traveling in a car to visit his family. We talked through some issues and opportunities for our business and our personal, family, and financial goals. Our 2012 Financial Goals. We have set a goal date of July 2015 to pay off all of our debt.

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8 Action Steps for a Frugal February!

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How are you doing with the financial goals you made for 2023? Unfortunately, many people abandon their New Year’s goals by mid-January and everything goes downhill from there. The goal of Frugal February is NOT to feel deprived, but rather to find creative ways to get through the month without unnecessary spending.

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Frugal February

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How did you do with your financial goals in January? We have only one financial goal for 2019 and we made some progress in January. It was a great feeling to make that payment, and to continue the momentum I want to double down on our financial goal. I’m a big fan of Zero Based Budgeting.

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Learn Vest: FREE 10 Day Budget Bootcamp

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Learn Vest is offering a 10-day email program that will give you daily to-dos to achieve your financial goals. Dream big and set financial goals you can achieve. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. Thank you for supporting Family Balance Sheet!

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Resolve to Regularly Discuss Your Finances with Your Spouse

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Sunday lunch spent with extended family. But for the two of us to achieve our financial goals, we need to have money conversations and they need to be done regularly. I created our Family Balance Sheet years ago as a way for me to communicate the state of our finances to my husband. Life happened this weekend.

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Marriage and Money: 5 Tips To Reduce the Money Arguments

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Designate a Family Office Manager. No surprise there; I write a blog about family finances. But I also want to be the Family Office Manager (FOM). The Family Office Manager might track spending, reconcile and manage the accounts, pay the bills on time, and update the Family Balance Sheet. In my house, it's me.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 09.22.2017

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Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. It’s a tight budget and I failed miserably over the summer, but we have lots of financial goals, so I need to get it back in line. My husband is not a big fan, so I plan this easy dinner at least once a week or every other week. Tuesday: Taco Tuesday!!

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