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Ways to Beat Lifestyle Inflation

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Here is what I think would work for me to beat lifestyle inflation: Pretend You’re Not Making More I’ve considered filling out a form with payroll at my work to transfer the difference between what I used to make and live on, and what I now make, into my savings account. Likely, there was a reason. Probably not.

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Money and Marriage – How To Get And Stay On The Same Track and $999.99 Giveaway

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You may have different needs and desires and goals for your life. You both made or will make adjustments to your thoughts, words, beliefs and actions to accommodate the other. Although my spouse and I didn’t do this, we got lucky and had similar upbringings in the money sphere and we grew to have common goals.

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

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Once we got married we realized we have great jobs and a great income, but where is all the money going? We knew that we would make more money but we wanted to be able to buy a house with a conventional mortgage and we can’t come up with the down payment so we need to ratchet down. Making 100k but living on 50k.

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How to Make Good Financial Decisions

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To get ahead in life, you need to make more good decisions than bad. Good decisions can result in your ability to get a better job, make more money, save more money, invest for gain and other steps that help you end up in financial plus land. Using common sense. More thinking, less feeling.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Now go through the list and really ask yourself if you use or need all of it. If you’re not using it, cancel it today and redirect that monthly money into your emergency savings. However, if you do use it , ask your gym if they swap volunteer hours for a free membership. Put the money in your emergency fund instead.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Consider setting the money aside in a savings account that isn’t immediately accessible and doesn’t have an ATM attached to it, to avoid any impulsive non-emergency spending. We use an online account like, Capital One 360 (my referral link). You never know when you will need this money. 10 – Do It Yourself.

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10 Smart Ways to Become Debt Free

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When you have tracked, analyzed, and cut your budget to bare bones, there is only one other way to find extra money to put towards debt and that is to make more money. Acadia’s advice is to be creative and think about your talents and gifts and how you could use them to make extra money.

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