Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 28, 2013

Wake up refreshed this Sunday morning and reflect on your financial life as you sip those first cups of coffee. Are financial your goals aligned with your spouses? How have you divided up financial chores and is that working well? Are your goals meshed with theirs? Do the kids know what the goals are?

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Activism Goals Kids and Family Finance 229

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

I created this spreadsheet many years ago as a way to communicate our finances to my husband and I continue to update it and review it with him monthly. Create our family’s financial goals and Debt Freedom Plan. While our setup has helped us achieve many of our financial goals, we have made many mistakes over the years.

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Office Family Finance Kids and Family 130

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Your Money Personality A little more than a year ago, I read a book called First Comes Love, Then Comes Money: A Couple’s Guide to Financial Communication. Decide whether you want your money to help you reach certain goals, or whether you view money as an end itself, or a way to show your status. Show brutal honesty.

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Motivation Money Goals Finance 250

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Our goal is to meet with experts and ask them for advice. We had financial advisors look over our budget and make suggestions about what we could cut. Who initiated the debt free goal? There wasn’t a lot of tension once we got a plan from a financial planner and started following it. What are your financial goals now?

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Debt Free Debt Emergency Fund Finance 241

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Create your financial goals. The tasks will vary between households, so devise a to-do list of your family’s financial needs & tasks, so that the FOM knows what is expected of them. There must be open communication. Review the Family Balance Sheet and spending monthly. Discuss and agree upon all major purchases.

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Office Money Family Finance 182

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2015

If married, who initiated the debt free goal? The key is communication. The short term sacrifice was for the long term goal of being debt free. What are your financial goals now? My goal with sharing our story and maintaining Debt Discipline is to hopefully help someone else out there in need.

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Debt Credit Cards Debt Free Credit 100

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 20, 2017

A life goal of ours is. If married, who initiated the debt free goal? Communicating well and communicating often has made talking about. What are your financial goals now? Write down your goals, change your mindset about debt-free living, and go. My grandparents were missionaries. with my youth group.

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Debt Debt Free Friends And Family Sale Budgeting 100

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

We had tried other methods in the past, but found this one suited us best since it forced us to focus on one goal at a time, rather than trying to do it all (pay off debt and contribute to savings and retirement). If married, who initiated the debt free goal? I think communication and being on the same page really helped out.

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Debt Debt Free Budgeting Budget 100

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Get started: Define your personal and financial goals. These are all important to help define the goals they would like to meet.” If there are problems that haven’t been addressed, have your agent communicate immediately with the seller and your lender.

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Real Estate Buy Buying Credit 52

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 27, 2015

Our initial goal was to pay off our 15 year mortgage in 7-8 years by doubling our payment each month. Our goal is to write down expenses every day so we know where we are in our budget that month, but to be honest, this probably happens 1-2 times a week now. If married, who initiated the debt free goal?

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Debt Debt Free Pay Off Debt Finds 100