Family Balance Sheet
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Back in October 2003, I left a corporate career as a department store buyer with a nice reliable paycheck and benefits– including health insurance –to join my husband in the land of self-employment. The spreadsheet listed our short-term and long-term account balances, our debts, and our short-term and long-term financial goals.
Family Balance Sheet
OCTOBER 9, 2014
It is my personal mission as the household manager for my family to live well, but I want us to do so on less money. I want my family to enjoy life, but we also have some pretty serious financial goals that we are trying to achieve. Fixed categories are things like your mortgage/rent, insurance premiums, and car payments.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 10, 2013
Good decisions can result in your ability to get a better job, make more money, save more money, invest for gain and other steps that help you end up in financial plus land. How much and what type of insurance coverage will you need? To get ahead in life, you need to make more good decisions than bad.
Penny Pinchin' Mom
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
It’s yet another way of making sure that they (and you) are going to be financially okay in the future. With that in mind, here’s what to do with money to make sure the cash flow lasts and sets you up for a wealthier future. In my book, insurance is an absolute necessity. They can be anything.
Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 1, 2021
Related Reading: How to Save Money on Groceries. Are you paying too much for home/auto insurance, cable, internet, cell? Put the money saved into your emergency fund. Put the money in your emergency fund instead. 3 – Reduce your monthly utility bills. An easy lunch idea in one word: leftovers!
Family Balance Sheet
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
Are you paying too much for home/auto insurance, cable, internet? Put the money saved into your emergency fund. But when you’re trying to save money, cut out this costly expense. Put the money in your emergency fund instead. 3 – Reduce your monthly utility bills. 5 – Brown bag your lunch.
Family Balance Sheet
MARCH 4, 2015
When I did this I ended cutting my cable bill in half, rewrote my car and house insurance saving me $300 per year, stopped the coffee runs, and just about eliminated my dry cleaning bill. Every penny I saved went to paying down debt. I have a tendency to use money saving apps to help cut costs and control spending.
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