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

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Maureen, from The Debt Free Mess Free Life , suggests that you understand what motivates you to act unwisely and spend frivolously (if that is your situation). What need are you trying to fulfill by over spending or shopping? She and her husband also used a visual motivation chart posted on their refrigerator.

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

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In 2014, the Grocery Budget Challenge encouraged us to keep our grocery spending in line and to be creative with our meal planning so that we do not over-spend. How to Build a Starter Emergency Fund in 30 Days or Less | Jackie Beck @ The Debt Myth. 5 Ways to Make this Your Best Monarch Season…Ever!

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

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The grocery category is the easiest one to reduce. I list tons of ideas: How to Slash Your Grocery Spending . 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. What a great problem to have, right?!?!

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