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

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A budget could help you avoid late and insufficient funds fees, find money for an upcoming trip or expense, and ease a disagreement over finances in a marriage. Personally, budgeting has allowed us to control of our money, reach financial goals, and start planning for our dream life. What a great problem to have, right?!?!

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Find out how Charissa and Her Husband Paid Off $7665 of Debt and Cash Flowed College

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Have pictures of your Why around in your daily life to help keep you motivated. Tracking your progress and making it visual do so much to motivate you to find more ways to cut expenses/earn more to get that debt paid off as quickly as possible, especially when it takes a long time and you get discouraged. Track your progress.

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How Angela & Jeff paid off $58,000 of Debt in 2 Years

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I’m a Grade 7 teacher and my husband is a Mac Tools distributor. What are your financial goals now? We are currently working towards fully funding our emergency fund. The other thing we did to keep us motivated and stop us from feeling paralyzed by the amount we were facing was to keep a visual chart.

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