Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 4, 2016

And ready to rock the new year. For me the new year’s reality sets in the first Monday after the holiday. This year, we took a long break over the holidays to travel to see friends and family, so today has been a shock to my system. We have new financial goals for this year.

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Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 29, 2020

After the year we’ve had, I think we all are! If your fresh start for the New Year includes improving your finances, you are not alone! My mission has always been to help families build a strong financial plan, gain confidence with their money, and live the life of their dreams. Are you ready for a fresh start?

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Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Updates on our Debt Freedom Plan over the years: Our Original Debt Freedom Plan – written in March 2014. Our 2019 Financial Goal. After years of scrimping and saving and not spending extra money on things, we have achieved the biggest financial goal we have ever set for ourselves in our 19 years of marriage.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 8, 2020

ALSO our 2019 Financial Goal!). I’ve writtien all about it over the years, and I decided on January 1, 2019, that this would be the year that we pay off the last remaining loan. New year and new decade! Maybe I have a word for the year after all: READ. We knocked this out of the park.

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Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 12, 2015

Refresh your memory with what you were thinking at the beginning of the year and review your yearly financial goals. You’re now in the trenches of the new year, do those goals still make sense? When reviewing your goals, did you use the S.M.A.R.T. method when you wrote them? M – measurable.

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Saving Cents With Sense

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Of course, you want to stay realistic – and attainable (becoming a professional basketball star might not happen this year, but making the school team might!). Here are a few ideas for setting New Year’s Resolutions with kids: 1. Financial Goals – Help kids make goals to be financially responsible this year.

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Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 11, 2021

Do our goals still make sense now that we’re in the trenches of the new year? Take some time to review your yearly financial goals. SMART goals are: S – specific. If we’ve learned anything from the pandemic it’s that things can change without notice. Did you use the S.M.A.R.T.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Reaching for goals can be a good thing. Unfortunately, setting goals effectively can trip you up. Whether you are setting goals for the new year, or whether you just want to continue to improve yourself, here are 6 tips for setting better goals: Choose Something That Matters. What helps you set better goals?

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 1, 2015

Every January 1, I get caught up in the hopeful feeling of the upcoming new year. My husband and I make some financial goals at the start of every year. Happy New Year! I’ve joined over 40 other bloggers to help us all make 2015 the best year ever! Kim Pawell @ Something New for Dinner.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Each year I add to it, whatever we did that year, plus I put in a bit about world events to set the scene. Set financial goals for the year. Of course, the first part of the new year is also a logical time to sit down and discuss what we are planning to do with our money and investments in the coming year.

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For the Mommas

JANUARY 3, 2011

Amy’s emergency fund saved her — when her heater went out on New Years Eve. Without an emergency fund, this could have been an major financial blow. Knowing Amy on a personal level, she has made some big “material&# sacrifies to meet her personal financial goals and is very inspiring.

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Emergency Fund Amy's Financial Goals Heaters 49

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 7, 2015

Happy New Year! You know how they say that how you ring in the New Year is a good indication of how your year will be? Well, that’s probably because many of us wait until we have a fresh start, like that of a New Year, to put our goals into action and start working on our resolutions.

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