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How We Frugal-ed in January!

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Welcome to my first “How We Frugal-ed” recap of 2020. Frugal living is NOT about feeling deprived. Frugal living is being intentional with our money and creative with our resources, so we have more to put towards the things that are important to us. Frugal Kitchen in January: Meal Plan. Yes, please!

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Our 2023 Financial Goals

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In 2020, our financial goals were to read, research, and understand both college and retirement planning. I did read a few books that year on both subjects, but it was not an earth-shattering goal. We live frugally, but once we paid off our non-mortgage debts, we decided that we don’t want to live that restrictively again.

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My 2020 Financial Goals & A Recap of 2019

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This will always be a work in progress and you’ll understand why it will be more crucial for me when you read my 2020 goals below! Moving on to 2020! New year and new decade! In 2019, I chose a word that encapsulated our financial goal for the year and other habits that I wanted to work on.