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

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Personally, budgeting has allowed us to control of our money, reach financial goals, and start planning for our dream life. For example, if today is May 22, then follow these steps to plan for June’s budget. If you have financial goals, budgeting will be an important tool to reaching those goals.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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1st Update in June 2014. Our 2019 Financial Goal. Happy New Year’s 2019: In January 2019, we were down to one final non-mortgage loan, so we created just one financial goal for the year—-to pay off that last non-mortgage debt by December. We can now move on to other financial goals.

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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

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Include everything from weekend trips to longer vacations, yard/garden projects, home renovations, kids’ camps, gear and clothing, and any other summer expense you might have. Get outside: Celebrate Summer Solstice on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 , otherwise known as the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

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