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How to Make your Life Better by Setting Goals

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Much has been written about the importance of setting goals to achieve success but I think it is also an important strategy when wondering how to make life better for yourself. Establishing goals will be a major step in achieving what you want in life. You can’t, and won’t, get what you want if you don’t know what it is you want.

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My Word for 2021

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After writing some financial goals that had a lot to do with researching topics, such as retirement and college savings strategies, I realized that maybe my word for 2020 was READ. Read: My 2020 Financial Goals. In January 2020, we had a lot of savings goals. I want to INCREASE our savings and net worth.

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How We Frugal-ed in August 2022

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I’m always looking for ways to save my family money to not only help us get through current higher food and gas prices but also to help us achieve our big financial goals. For my recipe, read: Roasted Red Plum Tomato Sauce ~ Great Freezer Recipe. But in the end, $155 is still a gift. My Frugal Shenanigans!

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My $2.50 Homemade Pizza

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We used to go out to dinner every Friday night, but we’ve put a stop to that treat as we work through some of our financial goals. I used t he dough recipe for my homemade Stromboli. Grocery Budget Challenge Kitchen Economics Recipes - Main Dish' This past Friday, we had a pizza night and all it cost me was $2.50.

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Things to Do When You are Unplugged

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

At the beginning of the year I set a goal for myself to have one hour of unplugged time each evening to enjoy offline and tech-free activities. This goal specifically was meant to foster more one-on-one time with my then fiancé (now husband!!), and has been fairly conducive to doing that. Get Healthy'

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Take Control of YOUR Money in 2016

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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. I’ll continue to offer money saving tips, ideas, strategies and recipes like I always have, along with some new themes that I will be focusing on.

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Get your FREE Family Balance Sheet Excel Spreadsheet

Family Balance Sheet

The spreadsheet listed our short-term and long-term account balances, our debts, and our short-term and long-term financial goals. We are working towards some pretty big financial goals and we’ve hit quite a few already. Our goal: Increase Net Worth. I STILL use our spreadsheet today.

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