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

Family Balance Sheet

I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. Personally, budgeting has allowed us to control of our money, reach financial goals, and start planning for our dream life. If you have financial goals, budgeting will be an important tool to reaching those goals.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

A lot of blood, sweat, and tears were shed here, but we both agree that having no mortgage gave us a serious leg up on our retirement savings and other financial goals. Alan and I, by choice, bought land in an area with low property taxes. What’s the easiest/hardest part of being frugal?