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Photo by D. Sharon Pruitt
I used to get easily frustrated when I tried my hand at a family budget. I’d never be able to predict the right amounts for the right line items, and out of sheer frustration, I’d quit before we’d even give the poor budget a decent shot.
It wasn’t until several years [...]
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The following is a guest post by Nicole of Burning Bushes
In today’s economy, say the words, ‘rich’ and ‘quick’ to someone, and they’re soon looking over your shoulder at that evil sub-prime mortgage lender who started this whole mess. But hear me out on this one — I promise this is [...]
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The following is a guest post from Rachel of Porter Coaching.
Note from Tsh: If you hang out with me for an hour, you know I’m a huge Dave Ramsey fan. His plan is the one that led us to become debt-free, and is helping us save tons more than we’ve ever [...]
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Photo by Jon Rawlinson
Awhile back, we became debt-free. It was amazing to realize we weren’t indebted to anyone, that after we paid our living expenses, we could decide what to do with our money.
But the benefits to becoming debt-free extend beyond the financial. There was an internal refining process to our family that transformed us. [...]
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The following is a guest post from The Weakonomist, the anonymous blogger behind Weakonomics.com.
The media has tried to explain the current economic crisis. But many of them don’t fully understand it themselves, so elements and details are lost in translation. The ultimate failure is trying to explain it in a matter [...]
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Many of you have written me with this question – how do you budget for annual expenses when you don’t have a regular income, or when you don’t get paid monthly?
Budgeting might seem a bit easier for us because my husband gets paid monthly – one paycheck to one monthly budget. [...]
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Price earnings ratio. Common market. NASDAQ. Do you know what these mean?
They’re not important in everyday life with little ones. When you’re up to your elbows in diapers, you rarely need to know the difference between a liquid and a zero-coupon CD. Let’s be honest, you mostly deal [...]
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