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Resolve to Regularly Discuss Your Finances with Your Spouse

Family Balance Sheet

But for the two of us to achieve our financial goals, we need to have money conversations and they need to be done regularly. I created our Family Balance Sheet years ago as a way for me to communicate the state of our finances to my husband. Column C = Target Balance. How much do we need to save to get to our target.

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Four Weekend Activities that will Rock Your Financial World

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Communicating about money continues to be one of the hardest conversations to have. By starting with short conversations you and your family will grow accustomed to having those financial discussions – leading the way for you all to be headed in the same direction and on board with decisions needed to get to the end goal.

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

Family Balance Sheet

4 – I stopped going to Target. 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! haha Kidding. I have a bad case. ” So I protected.

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