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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

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Get outside: Celebrate Summer Solstice on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 , otherwise known as the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Visit a State Park – Do you like to picnic, hike, swim, camp, bike, bird watch, canoe, fish, and spend your free time exploring the great outdoors? Have you started making summer plans?

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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mbhunter from Mighty Bargain Hunter asks Are you contributing to this debt clock? Watch out! , and says, “The big debt clock is over $14 trillion now, but this other one is approaching $1 trillion, and may affect you more directly.&#. Pat S from compounding returns asks Pay Off Debt or Invest for The Future ?

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

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I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. For example, if today is May 22, then follow these steps to plan for June’s budget. During that time, I started to budget for everything. Every aspect of our lives was included in our budget.

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