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Money Matters - How to Build Healthy Financial Habits and Prevent Future Debt

Motherhood Moments

Source : freepik.com Managing finances can be an incredibly stressful and overwhelming endeavor. Or, instead of dining out every night, you may opt to cook at home more often. Sometimes one just needs a little outside perspective and guidance to get their finances back on track. Invest in yourself.

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Four Easy Ways to Save on Basic Necessities

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Most restaurant-style meals are easy to prepare at home at a fraction of the cost, and you are able to control what ingredients are included. When cooking at home, try to reduce meat consumption to save money. Paying for prepared meals is convenient and tasty, but it’s also more expensive and usually less healthy.

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How this Couple Eliminated $180,000 of Debt in 12 Months!

Family Balance Sheet

We started cooking at home more, a big issue for us was eating out. So we would cook at home and take leftovers for lunch the next day. 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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Keeping it Simple: Strategies for Financial Security

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Take personal finances, for example; too many people over-think their finances, with the result that it all seems too hard. The more complicated your finances are, the harder it all seems. Simple finances work for you rather than against you, so it’s a win-win. What kinds of tricks have you used to manage your finances?

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P.E.P for the Week of February 28-March 4/11- Spending Time With Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The Centsible Life shares with us 5 tips for managing the family finances. My hubby and I sit down and talk about our finances once a week. How do you manage your family finances? Free Money Finance shares with us why instant gratification is killing us. Life and My Finances- $50 at Amazon. Managing Money.

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Cooking to Financial Success

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My husband and I love cooking for our friends and have even been known to bring food over to other people’s houses. Cooking is also our family’s greatest financial tool. Cooking as a financial tool? How does baking bread relate to finances? Fiscally, it’s smarter to cook at home.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I pointed out the multitude of new blogs related to saving money, being frugal, getting debt under control and learning about finances. For so long, we plodded along with next to nothing while our neighbors were running up their charge cards and using home equity loans to take vacations. Peggy: Oh yes!

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