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2012 Goals: Personal & Family

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It is a looooong drive, over the hills and far away, but it gives us time to talk. Recently, we were discussing that when the two of us write down our joint goals, we nail them every time. So on this looooong drive, we talked through our family goals and our own personal goals. My Personal Goals. Our Family Goals.

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5 Steps to Succeeding Your Goals

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As I planned my goals for 2012, I realized that I made only one goal for myself in 2011. I was racing to beat my personal goal of a 10 minute mile pace. Over the course of 2011, I learned some lessons about myself and how I respond to goals. 5 Steps to Succeeding Your Goals. 5 Steps to Succeeding Your Goals.

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A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Wish

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At my age, my parents had 20 years of kid-free living ahead of them to focus on their own career goals and to save for their retirement. We must start saving for retirement again , we need to start college saving accounts, and it would be nice to take the kids to Disney while they’re still princess fans.

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Learn Vest: FREE 10 Day Budget Bootcamp

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Learn Vest is offering a 10-day email program that will give you daily to-dos to achieve your financial goals. Dream big and set financial goals you can achieve. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. Discover where you're really spending. And it's FREE!

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1st Meeting of the Christmas Savings Club

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As outlined in the first post , your goal this past month was to create a budget for your Christmas spending. That final number will be your goal to save each month between now and November 25, 2013. My monthly goal is $100. I'm using a savings account that was used previously for another goal. Today is the first meeting!

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Christmas Savings Club | April Meeting

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The goal for this monthly accountability meeting is to give updates on our progress, motivate one another and help all of us save for a cash Christmas. Our monthly goal is $100. We have made gift giving a line item in our budget since it can be a budget buster unless it is planned for. Did you reach your goal for April?

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Christmas Savings Club | May Meeting

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The goal for this monthly accountability meeting is to give updates on our progress, motivate one another and help all of us save for a cash Christmas. Our monthly goal is $100. Our monthly goal of $100 is now a part of our monthly budget and I was able to transfer the full $100 to our savings account in May.

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