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Setting retirement goals When it comes to retirement planning, it’s hard to meet goals you haven’t set. While some retirees find their budget shrinks during retirement, others say that they spend more on leisure activities and travel, at least in the early years.

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What Makes a Saver?

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Once we hit retirement, assuming your saving efforts have been successful, we might once again become spenders – pursuing delayed goals and dreams. But, in college, I spent my summer earnings – on clothes, on a used car and on school activities. Over my life, I have been primarily a saver.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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They are also there working with you to help you reach your goals; even those financial goals. If we put our mind and actions to reaching a goal then we will complete it. In this case, they helped a school fund interactive learning activities. Crystal from Stupid Cents talks 401k Allocation and where to put your money.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

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John presents The Goal of Work is Retirement: Rule 10 posted at Married with Debt , saying, “This is Rule 10 in my 10 Rules to Eliminate Debt and Change Your Life The reasons I started Married with Debt are twofold: to help people get out of debt, and help them change their lives. I find myself looking more and more often.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

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When he called the company up, they said that the card wasnt activated and wouldnt be activated until he called in and deposited money on the card. Bloggers talk about it as the holy grail of personal finance and many of them have the goal of retiring early at 40, 45 or 50 years old.

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