Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The season of family, faith, food, and…shopping… collective sigh… The spending part of Christmas can get crazy, so I’ve come up with a list of ideas to find some extra cash for your Christmas spending if you’re coming up short. Our goal is to NOT put our Christmas purchases on a credit card.

Christmas 130

Christmas Finds Friends And Family Sale Donation 130

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Brian. I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. We have involved our children in our money discussion once we decided to become debt free. It was all consumer debt spread over 5 credit cards. What inspired you to get debt free?

Debt 100

Debt Credit Cards Debt Free Credit 100

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

The season of family, faith, food and…shopping… collective sigh… The spending part of Christmas can get crazy, so I’ve come up with a list of last minute ideas to find some extra cash for your Christmas spending. Our goal is to NOT put our Christmas purchases on a credit card. Part-Time Job.

Christmas 235

Christmas Finds Part Time Thrift Stores 235

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 4, 2011

First things first: Be smart about credit. Most undergrads start getting credit card applications in the mail before they’ve finished unpacking in the dorm. Credit cards are far from the glorious tools the banks want you to think they are, but they’re not all bad, either.

College 169

College Graduation Credit Cards Re-use 169

Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 5, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Jessica. Along our part-time business my husband is a senior web designer for Ramsey Solutions aka Dave Ramsey. We live a pretty busy lives and when given free weekends at home we love spending time at home on our little farm. 10K in car payments, $35K in credit card debt.

Debt 100

Debt Debt Free Finds Finance 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 15, 2012

If you like, you can use one of the many free online retirement calculator programs to help you with this estimate. Some people take on a second job to help fund their retirement; others do part-time work during retirement to keep some income coming in to augment their savings. You can adjust the figures as you go along.

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Personal Finance Finance Debt Calculators 221

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 13, 2015

Prepare for getting into the ones you think you might want to attend – by studying the right subjects, participating in the right activities and working the right kinds of part time or summer jobs. To become financially free, you need to understand that you can’t trade your time for money and get ahead.

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Personal Finance Finance Debt Money 100