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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

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How to Build a Starter Emergency Fund in 30 Days or Less | Jackie Beck @ The Debt Myth. 5 Ways Busy Moms Can Get Motivated to Work Out | Diane Nassy @ philZENdia. Food Street: How a Community Has Joined Forces to Start a Street Farm | Sam Walker @ Bubble ‘N Squeak. Tony Gomez @ Monarch Butterfly Garden.

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

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Shop with a list, and not just for food. 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. The list helps keep me focused and prevents me from buying other items.

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

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Food: groceries, meals out, school lunches. If they are, you can consider putting the extra funds into an emergency fund, pay off a credit card, or save for another financial goal. This group is a safe place where we talk, motivate, and share ideas about budgeting. What a great problem to have, right?!?!

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Meet Tracy, a Single Mom Who Paid Off $41,587 | Debt Free Stories

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I just moved to the more rural area to enjoy time gardening and cooking with real foods. Meal plan based on dietary needs and whatever your hot buttons are for foods. (I I’m working on baby step 3 (3-6 months emergency fund) while paying cash for my new home projects. Celebrate your successes. Life will happen.

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