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I Just Graduated. Isn’t It Too Early to Talk About Life Insurance? – Life Happens

Savings Corner

Entering the Job Market If you’ve just started looking for a job, you may also be putting together a budget for the first time. Consider directing at least a portion of your pay toward long-term financial goals, like saving for retirement and purchasing a life insurance plan.

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How this Couple Eliminated $180,000 of Debt in 12 Months!

Family Balance Sheet

My husband is an extremely hard worker as he works and goes to school full time. He has paid a price to win with hard work and sacrifice to reach his goals, and I truly admire him for that. Thank goodness its illegal to sell cute little children, because I would have gotten a pretty penny for my son. I am very happy.

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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

Family Balance Sheet

We’re a family of five, including, me, my wife and 3 children: 15 year old fraternal twins and a 12 year old son. I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. What are your financial goals now? What do you and your spouse do for a living? What are your hobbies? . We live in New York.

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Find out How Acadia & Her Husband Paid off $97,000 in Student Loans

Family Balance Sheet

We have a 5 year old son and are in the process of adopting our 2 year old and 4 month old foster sons, making us parents of 3 boys! My husband works as an architect and I teach art part time at my son’s school. We sacrificed a lot of time together and took on a lot of stress during this time.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Our son is 29 and biological. A lot of blood, sweat, and tears were shed here, but we both agree that having no mortgage gave us a serious leg up on our retirement savings and other financial goals. He says we were busy building the house and our careers and it was money well spent because it freed up our time.