Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 30, 2013

As you might expect, especially among personal finance bloggers, financial resolutions are pretty popular. What if you are ready to take your finances to the next level? If you have a partner and/or a family, it’s a good idea to make your plans together. We all need help sometimes. What do you think?

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Financial Goals Goals Finance Money 186

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 4, 2016

This year, we took a long break over the holidays to travel to see friends and family, so today has been a shock to my system. We have new financial goals for this year. While we made considerable headway in 2015 with reducing our debts, we missed our goal of paying off a loan by the end of the year.

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Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Welcome to 31 Days to Organize Your Finances. By the end of the month, my goal is to help you have a detailed financial plan for your family. We’ll talk about cash flow, budgets, debts, and all of the nitty gritty of our finances that might not be fun to talk about, but are so important to discuss. Gym Membership.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 24, 2023

For example, financial advisors can help you plan for retirement, budget, plan your estate and more. They also help you set your personal financial goals to reach milestones. When to get a financial advisor Not everyone needs a financial advisor, especially since it’s an additional cost.

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Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Tell us about you and your family. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. I went through Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University when I was 18 years old. That inspired me to be intentional with my finances and to follow Dave’s six steps. Where are you from?

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Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Tell us about you and your family. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. We realized that we wanted to travel as a family and the only thing keeping us from seeing the world was money. Who initiated the debt free goal? Daniel does all the day-to-day finances.

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Debt Debt Free Finance Friends And Family Sale 245

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 9, 2021

Becoming debt-free became very appealing and the idea of being able to give more, save more, and live more was the direction we wanted to go. Our personal finances are so interwoven with our small business finances that we view them as one. At times the plan felt intimidating, but it also changed the direction of our finances.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Tell us about you and your family. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. Living on two-incomes, we could have easily paid off our debt quickly, but we had no idea at the time that “debt free” was even a thing. It sounded like a great idea.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 8, 2020

I never really embraced the idea of choosing a word for the year. ALSO our 2019 Financial Goal!). I decided to be productive in those early morning hours and I updated our Family Balance Sheet and that’s when I realized why I was so antsy. This will always be a work in progress for my family.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 15, 2013

Both of them are stuck in the idea of looking rich, rather than worrying overmuch about whether or not they have true wealth. They have enough money to qualify for the debt required to meet their ideas of how their lives should look. In both cases, the drive is to maintain an image, and financial security isn’t important at all.

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2015

He writes at Debt Discipline about about how his family of 5 deals with money, budgets and debt. Tell us about you and your family. We’re a family of five, including, me, my wife and 3 children: 15 year old fraternal twins and a 12 year old son. We are a close family that likes to laugh. Where are you from?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Once you have a clear idea of why you do the things you do with money, and what you actually hope to accomplish with your money, it will be much easier to make changes. Your Money Personality A little more than a year ago, I read a book called First Comes Love, Then Comes Money: A Couple’s Guide to Financial Communication.

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Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Tell us about you and your family. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? How often do you and your spouse discuss your finances/budget/spending? What are your financial goals now?

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Debt Debt Free Pay Off Debt Financial Goals 236

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 22, 2015

He is a financial coach and blogs at Well Kept Wallet. Tell us about you and your family. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. I have a passion to help people take control of their finances so that they can live the life they want to have. Where are you from?

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 21, 2015

She writes about family, finances and faith at her blog, Principles of Increase. Tell us about you and your family. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. As a family, we love cooking and spending time together. Today’s debt free story is from Aja.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Tell us about you and your family. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. My family and I are most known for paying off over $212,000 worth of debt and medical expenses in four years. Dave Ramsey’s FPU (Financial Peace University). Where are you from?

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Family Balance Sheet

JULY 2, 2015

She writes about simple living, parenting and her family’s foster story at Fostering Simplicity. Tell us about you and your family. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. We strive to be a pretty active family. Where are you from? What are your hobbies?

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

MARCH 11, 2024

Whether you are looking to save extra money for your emergency fund and potential unexpected expense, a new kitchen, or your kids’ college tuition—you name it—you will require self-discipline and a plan to reach any financial goal. You can even use a budgeting app if you need a little more support reaching your financial goal.

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 5, 2015

Tell us about you and your family. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. 2 years ago we were noticing our family was accumulating a lot of bad behaviors with our health, financial and quality time as a family. Keeps us aligned together with our finances.

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Family Balance Sheet

JULY 13, 2016

Tell us about you and your family. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. We have a family of 4. We love to shoot photos and videos and focus on family and a healthy marriage. Don’t always have a GRAND idea or something that needs a big investment.

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Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Jones , where she vlogs about budgeting, debt free living, and family life. Tell us about you and your family. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. My husband wanted nothing to do with the idea and we spent the next year going back and forth about it.

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Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 18, 2015

Tell us about you and your family. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. Working towards becoming debt free and finally getting on the same page with our finances was actually great for our marriage. How often do you and your spouse discuss your finances/budget/spending?

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 4, 2014

Tell us about you and your family. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. It took a lot of talking through our goals and how this fit into our life plans to both sacrifice a lot for education and debt freedom at the same time. What are your financial goals now?

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Debt Free Debt Goals Student 243

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 16, 2015

Tell us about you and your family. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. We had a rough few years financially and we just looked at each other one day and realized we couldn’t live like that anymore. How often do you and your spouse discuss your finances/budget/spending?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

Now without further adieu, I present you with the dozens of great reads written by Yakezie members and challengers alike this past week in our efforts to bring you timely insight on personal finance and lifestyle today. Personal Finance Whiz: Keynesian vs Hayekian Economics – The Solution To Our Recession? I’m a geek, he’s not.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 20, 2017

She is the co-founder of the website, Little Light on a Hill , where she writes about faith, family, and finances. Be sure to check out her website where she is offering a free finance workbook if you subscribe to her newsletter. Tell us about you and your family. A life goal of ours is. Where are you from?

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Debt Debt Free Friends And Family Sale Budgeting 100

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Tell us about you and your family. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. I knew that we had to do something different because we made a decent family income, but had nothing to show for it except for the mountain of bills that I had laid out in front of me.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

It is just a fun night with friends and family rooting for their team and munching on whatever potluck treats were brought. Retirement lingo can get confusing if you are just starting out learning about finances. Young and Thrifty gives us tips on how to pick a good financial advisor. I wish I had thought of an idea like that.

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Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Tell us about you and your family. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. Yes, I did follow a few of Dave Ramsey’s strategies, but I also starting reading other finance blogs to see how they paid off debt so quickly. What are your financial goals now?

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

We made one big financial goal for 2019 and are striving and working hard to make progress. We started the year with a great January and made some progress with our goal, so to continue the momentum, I wanted to double down on our financial goal and be very mindful with our finances. Share in the comments.

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 8, 2018

A budget could help you avoid late and insufficient funds fees, find money for an upcoming trip or expense, and ease a disagreement over finances in a marriage. Personally, budgeting has allowed us to control of our money, reach financial goals, and start planning for our dream life. Total your expenses.

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Believe me when I tell you that your financial literacy is just as important as taking care of your family. It’s yet another way of making sure that they (and you) are going to be financially okay in the future. Set personal and financial goals for your savings. P.S. There’s rarely any time left.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 7, 2015

Well, that’s probably because many of us wait until we have a fresh start, like that of a New Year, to put our goals into action and start working on our resolutions. Since we just celebrated the New Year, now is the best time to clean up your finances. That’s why a year end review is a good idea, financially.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

She helps readers gain control of their finances and live well on a budget at her blog Cook with a Shoe . Tell us about you and your family. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. My husband was on board with the idea of living beneath our means, and paying off debt.

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 22, 2020

In September 2019, my husband and I accomplished our biggest financial goal in our almost 20 years of marriage. Financially speaking, he focuses on building the business and I focus on managing our home and finances. The post How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt appeared first on Family Balance Sheet.

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 12, 2016

I work in Finance/Accounting for a large corporation but I have also started a company called Every Single Dollar , which focuses on personal finance for single women. In my spare time, I love hanging out with family and friends, running (I have completed three half marathons) and singing in my church choir.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Investing in the financial markets might sound like one of the scariest parts of managing your finances, but it’s also potentially the most rewarding. That makes investing one of the best things that Americans of any age can do to get on the road toward financial well-being. A savings account just won’t build wealth.

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