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Our 2023 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

Did you make 2023 financial goals ? We decided on one big audacious financial goal for the year, and it’s a doozy! The last time we wrote numbers-driven financial goals was 2019. That was the year that we made the goal of paying off the last of our non-mortgage debts and we achieved it by September of that year.

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Time Tidbits: Time Blocking

Motherhood Moments

Time blocking lets you focus on activities that matter most in hitting your goals. You can ensure you won't miss any important occasions with your family, especially for the kids. It’s the most productive way of ensuring that what has to be done, gets done. How does it help working parents manage time?

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Contingency Budgeting: Low, Medium, and High

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Hopefully you already have a system in place that divides everything you make into categorical spending limits, covering your basic expenses, your occasional splurges, and your pay day to yourself for future savings and investment goals. Creating your high budget is a fun exercise for bringing clarity to your big goals and dreams.

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How to Save Money Fast – My Top 20 Tips

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Whether you are looking to save extra money for your emergency fund and potential unexpected expense, a new kitchen, or your kids’ college tuition—you name it—you will require self-discipline and a plan to reach any financial goal. You can even use a budgeting app if you need a little more support reaching your financial goal.

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Organize Your Financial Documents | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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By the end of the month, my goal is to help you have a detailed financial plan for your family. So much is done electronically now, but we still have paper copies of documents and there are occasions where a paper copy is still needed. Welcome to 31 Days to Organize Your Finances.

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Grocery Budget Challenge: May & June Meeting

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The Goal of the Grocery Budget Challenge is to be creative with our meal planning and grocery shopping so that we do not over-spend. My goal for May was to eat from the pantry to try to reduce our spending more, but I’m finding that $450 is the sweet spot. Ok, Ok, let’s talk grocery budget! How Did We Do in May & June?

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Create your debt freedom plan

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Something happens mentally when you WRITE down your goals and plans for execution. We celebrated both occasions with a family cruise that we paid for with cash. We originally (and naively) estimated that we would be done by end of 2016, however, 2016 was not been kind to us, and we moved this goal into 2017. DONE November 2019.

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