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Managing Family Finances: Tips and Strategies for a Better Financial Future

Penny Pinchin' Mom

By that, I mean you have created a weekly, monthly, and even annual budget, or you’ve taken the time to go through my Financial Reboot Course to give yourself an excellent chance to reign in your finances. It should be 6x that, and then you have your minimum emergency fund figure. That’s nowhere near enough!

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Small Money Mistakes That Have Big Consequences

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

A budget provides you with a financial roadmap to get to where you want to be in life. A budget gives it to you plain and simple – the good, the bad and the ugly. Not Having an Emergency Fund It is dangerous to spend every cent you earn and not to have buffer against illness, injury, job loss or hard economic times.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Nicole from Nicole and Maggie: Grumpy Rumblings of the Untenured tells her story about giving Self Serving Donations. Sometimes a charitable contribution can make a direct impact on your life and others. In this case, they helped a school fund interactive learning activities. If we make effort we will succeed.