Archive for the ‘Goals’ Category
You may recall a popular children’s television show several years ago that was called “The Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers.” The characters were unique in that they were average, ordinary people, but when they came together they would morph or transform into new form with special powers to fight off evil forces.
In the book The Life You’ve Always Wanted, the author discusses how morphin’, or transformation is often desired by people.
The desire for transformation lies deep in every human heart. This why people enter therapy, join health clubs, get into recovery groups, read self help books, attend motivational seminars and make New Year’s resolutions.
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Signs That Your Teen Needs Money Management Help If you teen went off to college tomorrow, how soon would they call you asking for money? Would they be able to purchase their own groceries by the end of the month? Would they end up moving back into your basement when they cannot afford their apartment any longer? The...... -
Consumers Being Warned to Stick With Good Practices After a long haul of putting money away, shopping with price in mind, and practicing the art of frugality, many experts are worried that consumer may be tired of sitting back and saving. As the new year rolls on and things seem to be leveling off in the more troubled......
This is a guest post from the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE), a non-profit dedicated to improving the financial literacy of all Americans. NEFE operates the site Smart About Money. Follow NEFE on Twitter at @nefe_org
The new year is coming, and with it come the resolutions. Here are a few resolutions that you might consider taking up this year.
- Control spending: If you spend less you’ll have more money available to pay down debt and save for the future. Write down your expenses for a month to see where your money is going. You might be surprised by how easy it is to find places to scale back.
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A joint planning session Even though my husband and I have both separate accounts (along with a few joint accounts) we talk all the time about our goals and plans, and ask each other's opinions. And we have extremely similar financial outlooks, hopes, and dreams, so that's nice. Our money conversations usually happen on...... -
How we paid down our debt and saved money at the same time..it can be done! I have been reading a lot of posts at different financial websites lately about the trouble people are having paying off their credit card debt while trying to save a little extra money for themselves. First of all, anyone doing their best to pay off credit card should be commended,......
With all the focus on Thanksgiving, Black Friday shopping and Christmas time, you may have not yet thought about planning goals for next year. Is it too early and are you too busy to think about the subject of goal setting right now? Or perhaps you’ve never really invested much time in goal setting.
Either way, the next next holiday focus (after all of the above) will be New Year’s, so when is it going to be the right time to think about the things you’re going to do next year to achieve personal finance goals, but also in other important areas of life?
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4 Modern Ways to Get Rich by Saving Money For many people, one of the best ways to a better and much more established financial future has been to save money. For that reason alone, those who firmly believe in the immense power behind the act of saving money always find a way to put some of their money...... -
Get A Blackbelt in Frugality - Read or Re-Read The Tightwad Gazette I recently borrowed from the library "The Complete Tightwad Gazette", which is a compilation of all the newletters of the same name. This is my second or third time reading through this book. There is just a wealth of information and it seems that every time I read it, I......





