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5 Lessons Learned When Our Finances Went Awry

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August 2013 was a month that I’d like to wipe from my memory. But in August 2013, our business softened, renovations to our new building were more costly than planned, and we were now the owners of two mortgages, our home and our business. Prior to that, we thought we were golden. Yep, life was good. Where were we over-spending?

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DreamWorks begins production on “The Fifth Estate”

Nicoles Nickels

LOS ANGELES, CA ( January 23, 2013 ) - Principal photography has begun on the WikiLeaks drama “The Fifth Estate,” it was announced today by DreamWorks Studios. theaters on November 15, 2013 and be distributed domestically by Disney’s Touchstone label. The Fifth Estate” will open in U.S.

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A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Wish

Family Balance Sheet

I manage the finances for our business and our family and by August 2013, I felt the weight of the situation. We paid our bills on time, never carried credit card debt from month to month, but in that moment we could not pay our bills. My husband and I have always felt financially responsible.

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Global Newborn Health

Nicoles Nickels

From Impatient Optimists of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: What You Might Not Know About Saving Newborn Lives. From April 15 – 18, 2013 the first global conference on newborn health, the Global Newborn Health Conference , will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa. Become a part of the conversation.

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

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We also were working on paying for Jon’s master’s degree and then my own masters degree, which I completed in December 2013. The other thing we did was switch our cell phone bill. We discuss finances far more than we would recommend for the average couple, but we have at least one finance-related conversation a day.

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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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We’ve been paying off non-mortgage debts since 2013. Conversely, you could give yourself a consequence too if you don’t hit the goal. They wanted to feel the money leave their wallets in real time vs. waiting for the bill to come at the end of the month, so they used envelopes for these categories.