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Setting Financial Goals: Make Them Smart and Simple

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Those who just go along, hoping for the best, are usually the ones who struggle financially or get themselves into too much debt. Setting financial goals is an important part of planning to achieve financial security and have enough money in your retirement years to live the way you want.

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How Tailored Services Drive Business Success: What You Need To Know

Koupon Karen

Set up financial goals The first step to developing tailored services is understanding your business’s financial goals. To set clear financial targets, you want to analyze your current financial standing and consider market trends. Just remember to keep your goals realistic and achievable.

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A Sweeter Way to Cook Your Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Start With What You Want I didn’t realize it at the time, but I established a baking process that nearly guaranteed failure. I didn’t start the process with my true desire in mind. However, my baking process was designed to produce a cookie that I didn’t truly desire. Can you see how? I wasn’t making Toll House cookies any more.

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Are Peer Loans Too Risky or the Way of the Future?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The website handles processing, collection and passes payments through to the investors. Credit is a tool in personal finance. Used properly, it can help you build your dream home and reach your financial goals. Used irresponsibly, and like any tool, it can smash your fingers something fierce.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 09-08-2017

Family Balance Sheet

It’s a tight budget and I failed miserably over the summer, but we have lots of financial goals, so I need to get it back in line. My family loved it, but I want to figure out a way to make it without processed soups. My #1 Simple Tool that Saves Me Hundreds. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500.

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P.E.P. for Week of January 31- February 4/11- Superbowl Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We e-file our taxes and having the previous year’s return to reference is very helpful at speeding up the process. Five Cent Nicke l shares with us the top ten web-based money management tools there are out there. Young and Thrifty gives us tips on how to pick a good financial advisor. I say the more tools the better.

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

Family Balance Sheet

Personally, budgeting has allowed us to control of our money, reach financial goals, and start planning for our dream life. If they are, you can consider putting the extra funds into an emergency fund, pay off a credit card, or save for another financial goal. Another way to think of a budget is a spending plan.

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