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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? with their goals. These folks didn’t corner the market on goal success either, instead they just got the task DONE. His 2017 goal is to make $100,000 in online income. She hit that goal in September 2016.

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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. The third section is for our 2012 Financial Goals. Every home has different short-term financial goals.

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Four Weekend Activities that will Rock Your Financial World

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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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Marriage and Money: 5 Tips To Reduce the Money Arguments

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Make Clear Financial Goals {Together}. Take some time to discuss your family and marriage's financial goals. I have found that there is less tension when we are both on the same page with our goals, but you need to take the time to discuss those goals together. Write down your goals and make them visible.

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How to Break the Cycle of Unhealthy Habits

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Conversely, when you surround yourself with people who continue to engage in short-term “ease” thinking and subsequent unhealthy lifestyle choices, it’s much more difficult to chart your own course. The second strategy is to practice long-term goals. For me, running the marathon was a major long-term goal. Get Healthy'

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Chit Chat: 06.17.18

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Some of my finds: Red ladies’ size 9 red Converse for $2.50 – These retail for about $40 and this pair was hardly worn and will fit my oldest daughter. The topic came to me when I realized that my husband and I haven’t really talked about our future financial goals in awhile.

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The High Price of Excuses, Justification, and Avoidance.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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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