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

Family Balance Sheet

Wonder what sets you apart from the people that seem to crush their financial goals? with their goals. These folks didn’t corner the market on goal success either, instead they just got the task DONE. His 2017 goal is to make $100,000 in online income. She hit that goal in September 2016. Getting Started.

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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. At my age, my parents had 20 years of kid-free living ahead of them to focus on their own career goals and to save for their retirement. We are communicating regularly. Our business is again thriving.

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Introducing: Family Budget Spreadsheets

Family Balance Sheet

I created it as a way to communicate our finances to my husband. There was a month in 2013 where I hadn’t planned on a large property tax bill and I wasn’t sure where we were going to find the money. You might already have this spreadsheet, since it’s free for joining my newsletter community.

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5 Lessons Learned When Our Finances Went Awry

Family Balance Sheet

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. Communicate with your spouse. Prior to that, we thought we were golden.

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

Family Balance Sheet

As the Family Office Manager , I handle the day-to-day finances for our family and I needed a way to communicate our finances to my husband. Storm #2: 2013. August 2013 was a month that I’d like to wipe from my memory. It was during this time that I created my first Family Balance Sheet. I still use my spreadsheet to this day!

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Parenting Pointers: Tips for a Screen-Free Holiday

Motherhood Moments

SET GOALS Encourage your child to make a list of things they want to do or accomplish with their extra time. Below is a list of tips from experts convened by Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development on how kids and their families can make the most of their time-off this holiday season.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I am a big believer in communicating. ” Dividend Growth Investor from Dividend Growth Investor shares how Dividend losers focus on excuses that prevent them from achieving their goals of financial freedom. Dividend Winners on the other hand, focus on creating specific goals, and the steps to make them a reality.