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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Your Goals are not Important! |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 3:36 pm |
| Tags: Saving, Money, Saving Money, Financingyourfamily Com, Work, Family, Personal, Goals, Motivation, Budgeting |
| Really In the scope of a family, goals are a good thing to set, and a good thing to prioritize, but they are not important and should not dictate every decision. There are things that trump goals like medical emergencies, accidents, natural disasters, etc. that always should take precedence over your goals to say, own a home, buy a car, retire |
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| New Attitude, New Income |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 4:11 pm |
| Tags: Financingyourfamily Com, Money, Work, Goals, Personal |
| “I like your attitude!” This is boss speak for, “Don’t screw up, I have to recommend someone for a promotion and right now you’re it.” Attitude can influence all kinds of things. Whether it be your job, home, spending habits, mood, creativity, etc. the attitude that you have towards a situation will set a |
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| Banking Products: Certificates of Deposit (CDs) |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 8:43 am |
| Tags: Financingyourfamily Com, Banking, Saving Money, Money, Saving, Family |
| Once again I would like to point out that I am not endorsing one institution’s Certificates of Deposit over another institution’s. My employer is not paying me to write this post. I really like Certificates of Deposit (hereafter known as CDs). They are a secured investment that will provide interest at a rate that is typically |
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| Ten Inexpensive Family Fun Ideas |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 7:45 am |
| Tags: Financingyourfamily Com, Saving Money, Family, Personal |
| What would a family finance site be without some fun things you can do for little or no money? Board Games are a great way to spend time with the family. I like the game “Apples to Apples” because it is simple to set up and VERY funny if you play it right. Toss a ball. Seriously, playing catch with anyone, no matter how old you |
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| Rolling with what Life Gives You |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 10:20 am |
| Tags: Financingyourfamily Com, Family, Personal |
| We all have those kind of weeks where a monkey wrench seems to get thrown into every aspect of our lives. Now, I could look at all the stuff that’s going on as bad things, but really, they are all blessings in disguise. Work- There are 3 other people who are normally around to work the same position that I work, today it will be just me |
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| Weekend Fun Idea |
| Published: August 18, 2007, 9:21 am |
| Tags: Financingyourfamily Com, Family |
| Looking for a cheap way to have a few laughs this weekend? Do a “write the next sentence” story. Take a piece of paper and each person takes turns writing a sentence until the paper is full. Read your new story. You can also make a book by having children draw pictures on 5-10 pieces of paper and then take turns writing 5 |
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| Brick and Mortar vs. Online Banks Discussion |
| Published: August 20, 2007, 6:33 am |
| Tags: Banking, Financingyourfamily Com |
| It’s FinancingYourFamily.com ’s first ever Discussion post! Today I would like to look at the pros and cons of Brick and Mortar financials vs. Online financials. I am at a bit of a loss when it comes to the online financials though, so I am going to ask for reader assistance with this one. As you read, please ask |
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| Damage Control in a Financial Crisis |
| Published: August 27, 2007, 5:12 pm |
| Tags: Saving Money, Financingyourfamily Com, Money, Saving, Credit Cards, Debt, Budgeting |
| “Honey, did you spend $800 on the credit card at Payless yesterday?” I work with a lot of college students. College students are great people, they’re fun, interesting, and very creative. College students typically ARE NOT good with finances though. Student loan debt is high for almost anyone, but some people do the credit |
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| Good ways to make extra cash? |
| Published: August 28, 2007, 8:47 am |
| Tags: Financingyourfamily Com, Money |
| writing/blogging. Financingyourfamily.com doesn’t make any money from the minimal ads that are put up. I have turned down some sponsors for this site because they were cash advance payday loan type places, and you can’t dig out of debt when these places are sharking your paycheck. Actually, we are sponsored by Brian |
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| Financing Your Family Update! |
| Published: September 3, 2007, 3:25 pm |
| Tags: Financingyourfamily Com, Motivation, Goals |
| Well, it’s that time again. Let’s look at last month’s goals, see where we stack up, and then discuss goals for this month. 40 posts was an ambitious goal, and it really drained my mental energy, I only achieved 32 posts, not what I would like. The quality of some posts suffered too because of the amount that I was trying to |
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| Emergency Funds |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 6:42 pm |
| Tags: Saving Money, Financingyourfamily Com, Money, Saving, Debt, Family, Budgeting |
| Say you’re like me, you own a car, and your hood release lever doesn’t work. I have several options to fix the car. 1. I can try to fix it myself and risk breaking additional things. 2. I can go into debt to have someone else fix it. 3. I can access my emergency fund. So what do you do in this situation? Sooner or later that |
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| Getting organized, free your mind. |
| Published: September 5, 2007, 5:14 pm |
| Tags: Financingyourfamily Com, Motivation, Goals |
| Over the long weekend I took time off, unplugged the computer, shut myself indoors, and I organized. I have lots of stuff that I’d just been putting off and piling up, then shoving it into a box somewhere and starting new piles that got shoved into subsequent boxes. I’m not the best person for organizing by any means, so I bought a |
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| Kill Your Credit Card Debt |
| Published: September 6, 2007, 10:15 pm |
| Tags: Financingyourfamily Com, Banking, Money, Saving, Credit Cards, Debt, Budgeting |
| …and do it NOW!!! This is typically the highest-interest debt that people obtain, and maintain. With many Americans owing over $10,000 to credit card companies, it is an epidemic. How do I kill credit card debt? Get all your cards in order, write down the balance (how much you owe) APR (the interest rate) and how much the minimum payment |
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| Fun Friday - Meet Someone New! |
| Published: September 21, 2007, 10:37 am |
| Tags: Fun Friday, Financingyourfamily Com |
| Think about the last person you introduced yourself to, when did you meet them? What was the context of your meeting? Introduce yourself to someone new today, and ask them some questions about life, don’t give your opinion, just ask some questions like you’re interviewing them for the news. Otherwise, enjoy your weekend, I’ll |
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| Encouraging |
| Published: September 26, 2007, 3:27 pm |
| Tags: Financingyourfamily Com, Motivation |
| A few weeks ago I showed someone how to balance her checkbook, she was worried because she only had around $2.00 in her checking and had written some checks that she thought would be good. I talked to her again today, and she had some follow up questions that were pretty basic but showed that she was trying. She thanked me for showing her what |
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