Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 8, 2017

So do finances. If you give the same care to you finances that you give your garden, both should grow. You wouldn’t think of planting your day lily in the middle of an interstate, so don’t think of planting your finances in a hostile environment. It’s the same way with finances.

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

MARCH 11, 2024

The post How to Save Money Fast – My Top 20 Tips appeared first on Penny Pinchin' Mom. Munger so aptly puts it, learning how to save money fast is an education in and of itself. Munger so aptly puts it, learning how to save money fast is an education in and of itself. ” – T.T. Munger As T.T.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

When you are trying to improve your financial situation, one of the moves to make is to change the way you spend money. However, addressing the symptoms of your money choices isn’t likely to result in long-term changes. Instead, it’s important to figure out your money motivations. I love spending money.

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 21, 2020

Need a quick snapshot of your finances? 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. Knowing all of these numbers doesn’t mean that there won’t be messiness with your money.

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Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 29, 2020

If your fresh start for the New Year includes improving your finances, you are not alone! Saving more money is one of the top resolutions that people make…after getting in shape and eating healthier. I created it as a way to communicate our finances to my husband.

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Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 31, 2014

On October 1, I embarked on a month long series, 31 Days to Organize Your Finances. It was my goal to help you have a detailed financial plan for your family by the end of the month. And I think I achieved my goal, but I’ll be honest, towards the end of the month I was ready to talk/write/read about other topics.

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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 are looking for a way to financially level up, here are 4 strategies that can help you make better money resolutions.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 30, 2012

The same can be said about finances – it is often the little things you do, the small actions you take, that have the biggest impact on your financial security, both in the present and in the future. A budget provides you with a financial roadmap to get to where you want to be in life. It’s wasted money.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 4, 2011

Hello and welcome to the 316th Carnival of Personal Finance- Family Edition. They are also there working with you to help you reach your goals; even those financial goals. Nicole from Nicole and Maggie: Grumpy Rumblings of the Untenured tells her story about giving Self Serving Donations. What do you think?

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Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 21, 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. What are your goals?

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Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 9, 2018

I’ve been working behind the scenes on a tool that I personally use to track and organize our finances: Family Budget Spreadsheets. This package of 9 Microsoft Excel spreadsheets is designed to help you organize your finances, plan for major purchases, create a budget, understand your cash flow, and track your net worth.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 7, 2014

When it comes to you finances, are you doing okay, but know you could be doing better? When it comes to money, most of us could stand to up our game a bit. That last point is a particularly worthwhile goal as worrying about money is a unique brand of distressing. If you answered yes to that question, you are not alone.

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

DECEMBER 17, 2023

So, you want to get started on debt repayment so you can focus on other financial goals? However, if you pay off these debts, there will be nothing left for investments in these tough financial times. You are one emergency short of losing track of your finances. What gives? Should you pay off debt or save?

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Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

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. We have led 7 sessions of Financial Peace University mostly to keep ourselves motivated. Where are you from?

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Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

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. We put any extra money that would come in toward our debt.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 24, 2023

When it comes to managing your money, you don’t want anyone messing it up — and that includes you. There might come a time where you need to call in reinforcements and hire a financial advisor, especially when you’re making big decisions with your money. They also help you set your personal financial goals to reach milestones.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 10, 2012

You can’t get what you want out of your personal finances on the Toll House budget. How to Start a Budget with a Purpose Just like my experience making cookies, we have the ability to put our finances into a budget so that we can get what we want with the money we earn. So, how do you manage your finances?

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Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 16, 2017

I could talk all day about personal finance and money-saving strategies, but my husband, while very responsible with money, just doesn’t feel the same way. To keep the communication flowing, I created my very first Balance Sheet to give my husband a snapshot of our household and business finances.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 15, 2013

Recently, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to appearances. One of them is throwing a lavish wedding that he can’t really afford, and the other is trying to figure out how to pay the bills that keep piling up without having to give up his expensive luxury SUV. They don’t have the money to pay for their expenses.

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Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. Part of that is because when you have less debt, you have more money. Your money stays yours, so you can make it work for you. We both were sick of money issues and the stress that goes with that. She blogs at The Debt Myth.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 10, 2012

Janet presents Expense budgeting posted at Fee Only Financial Planner , saying, ” Many people do not track their living expenses and do not understand the magnitude of their consumption. Failure to monitor your consumption expenditures means that they are flying blindly regarding their future finances.

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 9, 2021

There were a lot more fun and purposeful things we could have done with that money than pay the lender. 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. At times the plan felt intimidating, but it also changed the direction of our finances.

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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. We have involved our children in our money discussion once we decided to become debt free. It was many years of over spending and not having a plan for our money that led us to that point. Today’s Debt Free Story is from Brian.

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Family Balance Sheet

JULY 2, 2015

Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. However, with my husband being an architect and an overall really handy guy, we decided that fixing up the house and selling it could give us enough profit to at least pay off a big chunk of our debt. Give to others. Downsizing.

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Family Balance Sheet

JULY 22, 2015

He is a financial coach and blogs at Well Kept Wallet. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. I own two different business, Phoenix SEO Company which helps businesses get on the first page of Google and Well Kept Wallet which is a Financial Education company.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Our personal finances obviously require attention all year long. Clean out and organize paper files for personal finances. After 44 years of marriage, we have collected quite a bit of financial information. I give the name of the item, the location, a contact number and an identifier for them to use when referencing it.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. I finally got inspired that we should at least start working on this huge goal of being debt free when I read Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt.

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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. My University Money: Should I Pursue a Co-op Education? There were 56 submissions this week.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 21, 2015

She writes about family, finances and faith at her blog, Principles of Increase. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. Yes, we followed the recommendations outlined in Dave Ramsey’s resources, Total Money Make Over/ Financial Peace University.

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 19, 2016

She writes at her personal finance website, And Then We Saved. Once I started getting out of debt I read Your Money or Your Life and it changed my whole outlook on money. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally?

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 16, 2015

Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. We cut our lifestyle to nothing and threw all that extra money at the debt. There were no money arguments. What are your financial goals now?

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 4, 2014

Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. One of the reasons we decided to start our own blog was to hopefully do for someone else what those financial blogs did for us. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. Who initiated the debt free goal?

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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. you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. A life goal of ours is.

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Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 18, 2015

Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. For us, it was mostly a matter of becoming much more purposeful about where we spent our money instead of simply spending mindlessly. Where are you from?

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Get started: Define your personal and financial goals. Would renting for another year or two improve your financial standing? Check your credit score Your credit score will help you determine your financing options; lenders use it (among other factors) to set the terms and rates of your loan.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. When this happened we not only were devastated emotionally, but would end up going to have our finances basically implode a few weeks after this. Dave Ramsey’s FPU (Financial Peace University). Her website is The Iron Jen.

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Family Balance Sheet

JULY 13, 2016

Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. ACTUAL MONEY PUT TOWARDS DEBT OVER 5 YEARS (because of interest during the 5 years) – $200,000. Once we got married we realized we have great jobs and a great income, but where is all the money going? Where are you from?

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