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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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Wonder what sets you apart from the people that seem to crush their financial goals? These folks didn’t corner the market on goal success either, instead they just got the task DONE. Their 2017 goal is to boost their savings rate and get their expenses down to $30,000 a year as they work towards financial independence.

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8 Action Steps for a Frugal February!

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How are you doing with the financial goals you made for 2023? Unfortunately, many people abandon their New Year’s goals by mid-January and everything goes downhill from there. The goal of Frugal February is NOT to feel deprived, but rather to find creative ways to get through the month without unnecessary spending.

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Frugal February

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How did you do with your financial goals in January? We have only one financial goal for 2019 and we made some progress in January. It was a great feeling to make that payment, and to continue the momentum I want to double down on our financial goal. The goal of Frugal February is NOT to feel deprived, .

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Family Budget Spreadsheets 2021

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One summer, we didn’t have enough money to cover vacation and some day trips, so we hosted a yard sale to find the extra cash. Financial Goals – Use this spreadsheet to quantify your financial goals for the current year and years to come.

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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 was just missing our most favorite ingredient—the mozzarella cheese, but as luck would have it, my favorite shredded brand was on sale this week for $2.50. Sounds like a pizza to me.

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Introducing: Family Budget Spreadsheets

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One summer, we didn’t have enough money to cover a vacation and some day trips, so we hosted a yard sale to find the extra cash. Financial Goals – Use this spreadsheet to quantify your financial goals for the current year and years to come.

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Chit Chat: 06.17.18

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In fact, my husband said to me on Saturday morning as we headed out the door for a morning of yard saling, “I had a really good week!” On Saturday morning before the kids got home, we hit 3 neighborhood yard sales, another activity that we love to do together, but don’t get a chance to do very often.