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How to Save Money From Salary Without Sacrificing Your Lifestyle

Penny Pinchin' Mom

How much of your salary should you save? What about when your bills are simply pulling you under? Should you just pretend that you don’t have savings and increase your debt ? Your bills are going to be there, and you can’t simply not save money because you have to pay bills.

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Saving Your Pennies For A Rainy Day

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you are hard pressed to find ways to save money, here are some ideas to help get you started. Your needs are crucial, and include things like food, water, clothes, transportation, etc. Rather, you are looking to cut the cost of your grocery bill. Saving money is essential. Separate Your Wants From Your Needs.

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How to Prevent Three Common Disastrous Personal Financial Mistakes

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Set up a savings account linked to your checking account and automatically transfer a set amount every payday. I was an expert at this; I spent every dollar I earned and juggled multiple credit cards to pay bills and buy whatever I thought I had the money for.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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medical bills, a small credit card, both of our cars, and student loans. burden for us at first were the medical bills. we still weren’t making enough money to cover all of our monthly bills. bills, I felt like our checks were spent the second we received them. The accountability. amount of money we saved!

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6 Steps to Creating a Budget You Can Stick To

For the Mommas

Transportation- car note, car insurance, maintenance, gas, etc. Healthcare- medical bills, medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, etc. For example, your electric bill may be higher in periods of more extreme weather if you use your air conditioner and heat to offset the temperature outside.

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