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My New Life – I moved myself and the boys 200 miles north and started over again… five weeks ago. I’ve now been working for a month (car insurance due again so I can FEEL the shift to life becoming a cycle). I’m getting geared up starting an actual BUDGET! October – the timing is [...]

Getting Out of Debt is all fine and good when you have a financial goals with a workable plan (budget), enough income to work the plan, commitment to make it happen and accountability to ensure you do exactly what you set out to do.
Without all four – it will be an uphill battle to make [...]

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Trent over at The Simple Dollar is discussing the The Millionaire Mind by Thomas Stanley. He has also reviewed the popular finance book The Millionaire Next Door which I just absolutely have to pick up only I need to add one more to the set – Millionaire Women Next Door: The Many Journeys of [...]

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Frugal Living Is The Way To Build Wealth! Frugal living and building wealth go hand in hand. Saving small amounts really adds up to build your wealth.
There are three things that my grandma always told me:
1) Always treat others as you would want to be treated
2) Live your life the best way you can
3) [...]

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Debt Crunch and Saving for Retirement – A Yahoo! headline caught my eye today on the front page “Americans May Be Saving Too Much” so I bit and read Laura Rowely’s article on Yahoo! Finance “Rethinking Retirement Savings (Or Not)” I’ve got to say this article is totally irresponsible journalism (if that’s what such [...]

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Debt and Hope – Today at work, we made a trip to Portland to visit the dentist. Growing up in Maine doesn’t mean I know how to get around Portland very well – my directions using Yahoo Maps did NOT work. We survived (actually ended up an hour late) and made it back with [...]

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While at Single Ma’s Fabulous Financials a reader shared this article in the middle of talking about building your emergency fund. It’s a great share. CNN Money has an online column called Millionaire in the Making – today’s article is about a 36 year old single mom on her own path to financial [...]

When Debt Collectors Cross the Line – Bogus Threats & Illegal Collection Tactics By Charles Phelan If you are behind on your bills and on the receiving end of collection phone calls, you will probably hear collectors make some very threatening statements. While most debt collection professionals try to stay within the boundaries defined by [...]