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Our 2023 Financial Goals

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Did you make 2023 financial goals ? We decided on one big audacious financial goal for the year, and it’s a doozy! The last time we wrote numbers-driven financial goals was 2019. But after that, our goals were not as specific. Did you make any 2023 financial goals?

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My Life Plan

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As part of Prudential’s Women Inspired campaign, I was encouraged to think about my dreams detailing my long-term goals and aspirations. I broke my goals into two categories: Financial and Personal. Our Financial Goals: Pay off our non-mortgage debt. photo credit. Contribute to our retirement funds.

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You CAN Choose Wealth

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Set your financial goals together and you both will be more likely to stick to them. Weigh each decision against your financial goals. Consider not only the financial aspects, but the life enjoyment aspects as well. Are you financially independent? photo by: What Makes You Feel Wealthy?

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7 Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances

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Refresh your memory with what you were thinking at the beginning of the year and review your yearly financial goals. You’re now in the trenches of the new year, do those goals still make sense? When reviewing your goals, did you use the S.M.A.R.T. photo credit. method when you wrote them? M – measurable.

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Are Peer Loans Too Risky or the Way of the Future?

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(Photo credit: Wikipedia). Used properly, it can help you build your dream home and reach your financial goals. If you haven’t already heard about peer lending, it’s likely that you soon will. Online lending has jumped over the last year. It took Prosper Marketplace eight years to originate its first billion in loans.

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11 Simple Meal Planning Tips

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My husband and I made some serious financial goals for 2014. To achieve those goals I need to review our spending to see where I can make some cuts. I created a master list (see photo below) of my family’s favorite, easy and healthy meals to use as a reference tool.

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

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My husband and I make some financial goals at the start of every year. Photo Credit: 2015. Photo Credit: Fireworks. Budget Financial Freedom' Lots of possibilities and many opportunities. Every January 1, I get caught up in the hopeful feeling of the upcoming new year. And 2015 is no different.

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