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Ways to Save Money on a Tight Budget

Saving Everyday

Ways to Save Money on a Tight Budget This is a two-part conversation. To save money fast, you need to make money fast. If you’re reading this, I can only assume that money is already tight, so making extra cash will be the quickest way to save it. Save your savings. We don’t have time for that.

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A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Wish

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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. Sitting down with my husband to discuss our situation was one of the hardest conversations I have ever had in our marriage, but I felt so much relief getting it off my chest.

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It Is Time To Teach Our 5 Year Old About Money

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She counted out 5 $1 dollar bills and was ecstatic when she realized she had a dollar left. This was literally the first conversation we have had about money. She has gotten cash in the past for her birthday or Christmas, but she would have preferred a toy so I have deposited the money in her savings account.

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

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” Her comment was echoed by another (in real life) conversation I was having with a different friend who is sending a child off to college this fall. ” Recently Go Banking Rates conducted two studies on savings rates with startling results. Almost 70% of Generation X have less than $1000 in personal savings account. *.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Open a savings account and put away 10 percent as a minimum. Cash Flow Mantra presents My Experience as a Prosper Borrower posted at Cash Flow Mantra , saying, “I used Prosper to finance a loan to pay a large tax bill, and I found the process effortless. ” Taxes. ” That concludes this edition.

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