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Designate a Family Office Manager | Marriage & Money

Family Balance Sheet

If you get a chance, find this book at your library and read it, especially that chapter. It was a hard transition for me to go from being an equal financial contributor in my marriage to staying at home with a baby and not bringing in a paycheck. I also took on the role, because I had an interest in the topic of personal finance.

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Family Office Manager

Family Balance Sheet

If you get a chance, find this book at your library and read it, especially chapter 17. No surprise there; I write a blog about family life and finances. But with my corporate background and interest in personal finance, my husband and I agreed that I would handle all of the day-to-day financial tasks for our home.

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Find out how Richard paid off $40,000 of debt

Family Balance Sheet

Many personal finance bloggers talk about having a “no spend week” – well basically I had a “no spend” five years! Take the time to enjoy a good book (on loan from the library) or go for a hike or bake a meal at home from scratch. Equally, that pretty accurately describes how I felt at the time.

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