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Our 2023 Financial Goals

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Did you make 2023 financial goals ? We decided on one big audacious financial goal for the year, and it’s a doozy! The last time we wrote numbers-driven financial goals was 2019. I cried for days and we celebrated the occasion with a family cruise a few months later. Get out the shovel!

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Family Office Manager

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Chapter 17 in this book is titled, “Why not run the family office?” In highly affluent circles, a family office is a private wealth management firm that manages the finances and investments for the ultra-wealthy and their families. Hmmm, I wonder if the Kennedys have a family office?

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Designate a Family Office Manager | Marriage & Money

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Chapter 17 in this book is titled, “Why not run the family office?” ” Stanley wrote about Susan, a wife and mother who handled all of the financial tasks in her home, from budgeting to making investment decisions. She treated her role like a job and helped her family achieve financial independence.

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Marriage and Money: 5 Tips To Reduce the Money Arguments

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Designate a Family Office Manager. No surprise there; I write a blog about family finances. But I also want to be the Family Office Manager (FOM). The Family Office Manager might track spending, reconcile and manage the accounts, pay the bills on time, and update the Family Balance Sheet. In my house, it's me.

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How We Frugal-ed in June 2023

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Instead, I look for creative ways to save my family money in all aspects of our lives. My goal has always been to live well on less while achieving our big financial goals. Airlines Refund of $400 + $200 credit We flew to Florida in March to visit family. Frugal living is not about deprivation.

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Meet Carrie. She Paid Off $14,000 in Debt in 14 Months.

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Tell us about you and your family. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? He leaves most of the financial goals up to me, but we make the decisions together. What are your financial goals now? Our financial goals have shifted to growing my new business.

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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Tell us about you and your family. We realized that we wanted to travel as a family and the only thing keeping us from seeing the world was money. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? What are your financial goals now? Where are you from? What are your hobbies?

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