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7 Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances

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Refresh your memory with what you were thinking at the beginning of the year and review your yearly financial goals. You’re now in the trenches of the new year, do those goals still make sense? When reviewing your goals, did you use the S.M.A.R.T. Review Your Bills. Bills to review: home owners insurance.

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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Our bills and responsibilities didn’t waiver however, even though our income dipped. We dramatically reduced our spending by cutting our cable TV and landline , shopping thrifty, eating out less often , and lowering our grocery bill. What are your financial goals for 2017 and beyond?

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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It sounds dreadful, but it is possible to reduce your grocery bill without making everyone in your family miserable. 3 – Reduce your monthly utility bills. Collect your bills and start shopping around for new vendors. Another idea would be to stop spending your $1 or $5 dollar bills and collect them.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Read 11 Simple Menu Planning Tips to learn how to reduce your grocery bill without making everyone in your family miserable. 3 – Reduce your monthly utility bills. Collect your bills and start shopping around for new vendors. Another idea would be to stop spending your $1 or $5 dollar bills and collect them.

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Meet Aja. She & her husband Paid Off $110,000 in Debt

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It would be hard to have the laid back life we envisioned with both of us working frantically just to pay bills (mostly made of debt.) What are your financial goals now? This post is linked to Thrifty Thursday at Living Well, Spending Less and The Thrifty Couple. Debt Free Stories debt free'

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