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Our Big Financial Goal for 2016

Family Balance Sheet

Guidelines for 2016: 1. Make it a Necessities Only Year. I have made a pact with myself that if I don’t already own something that I need, I will either: make do with what I have, find said item at a thrift store, borrow, or forget about it. In other words, I’m coming up short. I think I’ll survive.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

The Guidelines for 2018: 1. However, we could use a year of extra thriftiness to find any extra funds to accelerate the $10k. I want to challenge myself to rethink our purchases by taking advantage of more cost effective solutions, like borrowing, buying second hand, or just making do with what we already have.