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Marriage and Money: 5 Tips To Reduce the Money Arguments

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It is not always easy to communicate your current financial snapshot with your spouse, so let the balance sheet do the talking for you. I developed this spreadsheet years ago, as a way to communicate our finances with my husband. Make Clear Financial Goals {Together}. Write down your goals and make them visible.

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Family Balance Sheet

Home, auto, kids, dog, medical, vacation, blah blah blah…it all adds up and it all needs to fit into our budget. 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.

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Four Weekend Activities that will Rock Your Financial World

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Our weekends are filled with leisure and required activities – from cleaning house, mowing lawns, running kids to ball games and more. If you can take a few minutes out once in a while on the weekend to perform just four financial activities, your financial world could change. Are your goals meshed with theirs?

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

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haha Kidding. Communicating well and communicating often has made talking about. What are your financial goals now? The longer that money sat in our. account the greater the chances it would get spent. So we used it wisely, right away! Pay your debt as soon as you’re paid so you don’t spend it.

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How Angela & Jeff paid off $58,000 of Debt in 2 Years

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Jeff plays hockey and badminton and we take turns running the kids to their figure skating lessons. I think communication and being on the same page really helped out. What are your financial goals now? I’m a Grade 7 teacher and my husband is a Mac Tools distributor. How much debt did you pay off?

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Find Out How Olivia & Her Husband Paid off Their Mortgage in 33 Months

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I knew I was going to be a stay at home mom when we had kids and since we were both teachers, we simply could not afford for me to stay home, unless we got rid of something big in our budget. We skipped Baby Step #5 (college funding) because we didn’t have kids at the time. We also look for places where kids eat free now.

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