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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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Wonder what sets you apart from the people that seem to crush their financial goals? These folks didn’t corner the market on goal success either, instead they just got the task DONE. Their 2017 goal is to boost their savings rate and get their expenses down to $30,000 a year as they work towards financial independence.

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Resolve to Regularly Discuss Your Finances with Your Spouse

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When my husband and I are focused on our goals , we nail them. 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.

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Four Weekend Activities that will Rock Your Financial World

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Are you making progress towards the life and finances you want? Sometimes it helps to take time out and just stare out the window while you consider these and other financial thoughts. When you reflect on your life and your finances, you may find that there are changes you want to make. Are your goals meshed with theirs?

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The High Price of Excuses, Justification, and Avoidance.

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Last week I was having a conversation with an acquaintance who just moved to Central Park Towers, a luxury building right on Central Park West in Manhattan, i.e. my dream location… if I had a million dollars. Considering that she too is an unemployed actress, and we were having this conversation at an audition, I asked about cost.

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Marriage and Money: 5 Tips To Reduce the Money Arguments

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I'm participating in Women’s Money Week which is about encouraging women to speak up about money, take control of our finances, and reshape our financial future. No surprise there; I write a blog about family finances. I developed this spreadsheet years ago, as a way to communicate our finances with my husband.

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How to Break the Cycle of Unhealthy Habits

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Carrying around an extra fifty or hundred pounds of weight all day, every day is certainly not simpler in the long term- on joints or health or finances. Setting Financial Goals: Make Them Smart and Simple How to Change Bad Habits to Maintain Healthy Ones Guide to Laddering. is only easier in the moment. Get Healthy'

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

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It took a lot of talking through our goals and how this fit into our life plans to both sacrifice a lot for education and debt freedom at the same time. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? How often do you and your spouse discuss your finances/budget/spending?

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