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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

I’m Mary, and it’s a pleasure to participate in Kristen’s Meet a Reader series. We consider her our “bonus kid” and our family is extremely close. Aside from those exceptions, we did all the work ourselves and with the help of family. We didn’t start a family until we were married for almost 15 years.) Go figure.

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

Family Balance Sheet

Wonder what sets you apart from the people that seem to crush their financial goals? I interviewed several personal finance bloggers that have conquered their past financial goals and continue to challenge themselves going forward. Meet The Achievers: Deacon and his wife paid off $52,000 in debt in 18 months.

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How to Create a Family Balance Sheet + Get a FREE one for your family!

Family Balance Sheet

Let me show you how to create a Family Balance Sheet. I’m a firm believer that finances must be organized and neat, and a Family Balance Sheet helps you keep track of your finances in one tidy spreadsheet. My mission is to help families increase their assets, reduce their liabilities, and grow their net worth.

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Family Office Manager

Family Balance Sheet

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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Meet Doug & Laura. They Paid off $23,000 in 16 Months. | Debt Free Stories

Family Balance Sheet

Tell us about you and your family. Meet with a financial advisor. Our goal is to meet with experts and ask them for advice. We had financial advisors look over our budget and make suggestions about what we could cut. For us, we have weekly staff meetings with each other. Where are you from?

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

Family Balance Sheet

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. We do meet every month to go over expenses and needs. When something unexpected comes up we have another budget meeting. What are your financial goals now?

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

Family Balance Sheet

Tell us about you and your family. The daily finances are handled my me, but my husband and I have weekly money check-ins and monthly budget meetings. He leaves most of the financial goals up to me, but we make the decisions together. What are your financial goals now? Where are you from?

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