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Setting Financial Goals: Make Them Smart and Simple

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Those who just go along, hoping for the best, are usually the ones who struggle financially or get themselves into too much debt. Setting financial goals is an important part of planning to achieve financial security and have enough money in your retirement years to live the way you want. When will you have kids?

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2012 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

The kids were in the back seat watching a movie and we were in the front seat reviewing 2011 and strategizing for the upcoming year. We talked through some issues and opportunities for our business and our personal, family, and financial goals. Our 2012 Financial Goals. What financial goals did you make for 2012?

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What are YOUR Financial Goals? | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

Family Balance Sheet

Today’s assignment: List your SMART financial goals. Earlier this year, my husband and I wrote a specific list of financial goals and named it Our Debt Freedom Plan. Prior this plan, we had set goals, but never before had we been so specific with a step by step approach. Is it to pay off your house?

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

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Educate Yourself “Truthfully, probably 95% of Americans are financially illiterate.” − Suze Orman – Women & Money (and Everyone Smart Enough to Listen) Financial literacy is probably the most important bit of education that can help get you from where you are to where you want to be financially.

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How to Manage Different Investment Risk Tolerances Between Spouses

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In Silver Spoon Kids - How Successful Parents Raise Responsible Children by Eileen Gallo, P.H.D. what kind of emotional issues you have with money and what kind of financial education you received. what kind of emotional issues you have with money and what kind of financial education you received.

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Helping Kids Set New Year’s Resolutions

Saving Cents With Sense

But have you thought about helping your kids come up with their own resolutions? This can be a positive and motivational experience to help them focus on new beginnings and setting goals. Here are a few ideas for setting New Year’s Resolutions with kids: 1. Are your kids old enough for an allowance? All rights reserved.

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My 2020 Financial Goals & A Recap of 2019

Family Balance Sheet

ALSO our 2019 Financial Goal!). In 2019, I chose a word that encapsulated our financial goal for the year and other habits that I wanted to work on. We will work on those things, but in 2020, my big goal is to focus on reading and researching strategies and ideas. We knocked this out of the park. Moving on to 2020!