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Our 2019 Financial Goal

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In previous years, I would create a long list of financial goals, only to have little accomplished by the end of the December. I almost stopped writing goals down altogether. In 2018, we decided to focus on just 2 main financial goals and before I share my 2019 goals I thought I would give you a recap on 2018.

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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

With interest rates so low, why not spend now, using debt, instead of waiting for inflation and higher interest rates to kick in and raise the price of goods and services. personal saving rate bottomed out at around 1% in the third quarter of 2005. “Other things equal, an increase in the stock market makes people wealthier.

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5 Steps to Succeeding Your Goals

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My friend and I used to run together in college.ok, so our destination was Dairy Queen, but it was at least a 3 mile run round trip. Once I became pregnant with our first daughter in 2005, at the ripe old age of 35, I stopped running completely and took up walking. 5 Steps to Succeeding Your Goals. Set a Specific Goal.

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