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7 Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances

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I’m going to be spending the next few weeks giving my family’s finances a good spring cleaning. 7 Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances. T – time-based, tangible, In 2019, we paid off six figures of non-mortgage debts. Related Reading : How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt. Review your Yearly Goals.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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Our personal finances are so interwoven with our small business finances that we view them as one. And as you’ll see below, we also added a few more steps that he probably wouldn’t suggest or approve of, but there’s a reason why this is called personal finance. Number 4 was knocked out in 2019.

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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For many households, their finances and budgets are in limbo. My family’s finances have also been affected. 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. How I’m Managing our Family Budget During the Pandemic.

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5 Steps to CRUSH Debt + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

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It took us years to pay it all off, but we achieved it in 2019. After reading Dave Ramsey’s book, The Total Money Makeover , I realized that we were spreading ourselves too thin and our finances were not as great as I thought they were. Your assignment: Read How To Create your Own Debt Freedom Plan and get started on it today!

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My 2020 Financial Goals & A Recap of 2019

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However, 2019 was the first year that I found a word that I could stand by. I adored my word and everything about what I was trying to achieve for 2019. By the end of 2019, I achieved one major bullet point and the others will continue to be a work in progress. ALSO our 2019 Financial Goal!). 4 – Reduce my sweets.

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The Best And Worst States To Retire In 2023, Ranked

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Kerry Hannon Retirement Expert and Author of ‘In Control at 50+: How to Succeed in the New World of Work’ Key takeaways The best state to retire is Iowa because of its lower cost of living, affordable but high-quality healthcare and low crime. A Census Bureau report last year found that from 2015 to 2019, only about 6.2

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Have a Mindful March!

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We made one big financial goal for 2019 and are striving and working hard to make progress. We started the year with a great January and made some progress with our goal, so to continue the momentum, I wanted to double down on our financial goal and be very mindful with our finances. It’s March 1, and I declare it Mindful March.

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