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Setting Financial Goals: Make Them Smart and Simple

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Those who just go along, hoping for the best, are usually the ones who struggle financially or get themselves into too much debt. Setting financial goals is an important part of planning to achieve financial security and have enough money in your retirement years to live the way you want. That’s because it’s so important!

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Introducing: Family Budget Spreadsheets

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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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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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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 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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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 09.29.17

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. The post What We Ate this Week on our Budget 09.29.17

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