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Are You Heading for Financial Disaster?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

10 Reasons Why You’re Broke If you always seem to have more month than cash, then it’s time to look at why. See if you can identify with any of these statements: I spend more than I earn I don’t have a household budget I use credit cards all the time to buy everyday essentials like food, gas, transport.

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What Do You Tolerate to Save Money?

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Shouldn’t you have a right to expect everything to always be in working order – or is that too much to ask? Perhaps you are willing to tolerate an item that works partially rather than fixing or replacing that item. Perhaps you are willing to tolerate an item that works partially rather than fixing or replacing that item.

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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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Their 2017 goal is to boost their savings rate and get their expenses down to $30,000 a year as they work towards financial independence. They’re still working on developing their goals for 2017. She and her husband also used a visual motivation chart posted on their refrigerator. Make a commitment. .

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Create a Monthly Spending Plan | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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Today we are going to put the past assignments to work and create a monthly spending plan for next month. We’re going to use the zero based budget as a guide for our monthly spending plan. If you use this pdf, white out any categories that you don’t need to add your own. Personal Escrow Fund.

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