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10 Must-Know Personal Finance Tips for Moms’ Financial Success

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There are a million short courses online that can help you get started. Have Specific Financial Goals Financial planning is the key to financial success. You need to have very specific financial goals; what do you need to achieve by which date? It will help you achieve your financial goals faster.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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To ease my anxiety about our new loans, we took the Financial Peace University home course and it changed how we thought about debt. From what we learned in the course, we wrote our Debt Freedom Plan. Our 2019 Financial Goal. We can now move on to other financial goals. 1st Update in June 2014.

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Frugal Friday: 11/04/16

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It’s Frugal Friday: A recap of how we frugal-ed our way through the week so that we have more money to put towards our financial goals. It will be casual and I think I’m going to make my easy lasagna , salad, steamed vegetables, and of course, birthday cake. Our mission: Live WELL, On LESS Money. How We Saved this Week: 1.

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11 Simple Meal Planning Tips

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My husband and I made some serious financial goals for 2014. To achieve those goals I need to review our spending to see where I can make some cuts. Over the holidays, I wasn’t as diligent with my meal planning and our grocery bill went over what I budget for food.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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If you have a big financial goal, think about how much you pay someone to do something that you are capable of doing yourself. I have a friend who sells cookies and candy during the Christmas and Easter holidays. You just need some imagination and a nose for free family fun. Put the money in your emergency fund instead.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

If you have a big financial goal, think about how much you pay someone to do something that you are capable of doing yourself. I have a friend who sells cookies and candy during the Christmas and Easter holidays. You just need some imagination and a nose for free family fun. Put the money in your emergency fund instead.

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

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Personally, budgeting has allowed us to control of our money, reach financial goals, and start planning for our dream life. I discovered the term, Zero-Based Budget, when my husband and I took Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University home course many years ago. Another way to think of a budget is a spending plan.

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