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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

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Include everything from weekend trips to longer vacations, yard/garden projects, home renovations, kids’ camps, gear and clothing, and any other summer expense you might have. 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?

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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After the first year, the new business debt weighed on me. Aside from the mortgage, we also added equipment and renovation loans with the purchase, and we had a student loan. By the summer of 2013, we found ourselves in a pickle–we had too much debt and not enough cash flow. We stopped paying for our gym membership. .

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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. How to Watch Great TV without Cable – We were able to cut $50/month by giving up cable, yet we still watch great TV. During that time, I started to budget for everything.

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