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Setting Financial Goals: Make Them Smart and Simple

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You’ve heard the saying that nothing worthwhile is achieved without a goal? Well, this is especially true with your financial planning. Those who just go along, hoping for the best, are usually the ones who struggle financially or get themselves into too much debt. So, how do you set financial goals as part of a financial plan?

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Savings Goal Calculator – NerdWallet

Savings Corner

Use our tool to start working toward your savings goal. How to use a savings goal calculator Here are brief definitions for terms used in the calculator. Savings goal : The amount you want to save — whether it’s for an emergency fund, short-term goal or long-term goal. Tax Filing Webinar — Jan.

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Introducing: Family Budget Spreadsheets

Family Balance Sheet

I’ve been working behind the scenes on a tool that I personally use to track and organize our finances: Family Budget Spreadsheets. This package of 9 Microsoft Excel spreadsheets is designed to help you organize your finances, plan for major purchases, create a budget, understand your cash flow, and track your net worth.

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A Sweeter Way to Cook Your Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I like to bake cookies, and I like to budget. I treated the baking process like it was an end in itself and not a tool to get what I wanted. I’ve failed at many budgets this way. If you Google how to make a budget, you’ll find the same boilerplate list of steps on thousands of sites.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 09.22.2017

Family Balance Sheet

I’ve recently re-started the series, What We Ate this Week on our Budget , because I missed the accountability and I had several readers ask for its return. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. My #1 Simple Tool that Saves Me Hundreds. 4 Simple Grocery Apps that Earn You Cash Back. 11 Simple Meal Planning Tips.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 10.20.17

Family Balance Sheet

Welcome to my weekly series, What We Ate this Week on our Budget. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. It’s a tight budget and I failed miserably recently, but we have lots of financial goals, so I need to get it back in line. My #1 Simple Tool that Saves Me Hundreds.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 10.13.17

Family Balance Sheet

Welcome to my weekly series, What We Ate this Week on our Budget. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. It’s a tight budget and I failed miserably recently, but we have lots of financial goals, so I need to get it back in line. My #1 Simple Tool that Saves Me Hundreds.

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