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

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It can be difficult to watch others succeed with their goals. They took it one step at a time though, first by building up emergency funds as quickly as possible, then by paying off the credit cards and committing to no new debt. Save for emergencies. Read: How to Build your Emergency Fund. Getting Started.

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

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– Food: groceries, meals out, school lunches. Now that you have a list of every possible expense category, project your spending on each category for the month that you’re planning. Use old receipts, bank statements to get an idea of how much you must spend. The grocery category is the easiest one to reduce.

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