The ancient Babylonians are thought to be the first to make New Years Resolutions. They made them to find favor with the gods and breaking them was supposed to bring bad luck. Many of us continue to make New Years Resolutions every year and most of us fail to keep them. The Babylonians were careful [...]
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I have 4 children, the oldest is 32 and the youngest is 16. I sincerely wish that I was not financially adrift when the oldest ones were growing up, however, I had little or no financial sense. There were times when I had plenty of money and there were times when I had little or [...]
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Every once in awhile I feel like my finances have taken on a life of their own. They are like a ship in a storm and I’m getting tossed this way and that depending on how the wind blows. Do you know that feeling? You just get past once crisis when something else blows you [...]
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by Nieve44/La Luz Several people on Twitter were talking about not being able to save money because they didn’t earn enough. It actually made me laugh because I earn less than $15,000 per year at my business. I have a mortgage that is over 50% of my take home pay every month. I would be [...]
by J.sLessard One of the excuses mentioned in Frugal Dad’s Language of the Perpetually Poor was “I Work So Hard, I Deserve It”. ‘I deserve it’ is a trap that I still fall into occasionally. It’s not usually for big ticket items like cars or vacations but usually for the smaller ones like eating out [...]
by code poet It’s been 2 months since I posted my Goals for this year and I thought I should go back and do a short review. You can read my New Years Goals here. Frankly, I am not too please with my progress for a couple of reasons. In my business, January and February [...]
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When I started Aching Debts, I had two goals in mind; staying focused on my finances and making myself accountable for them by writing them down. I have been doing some mental calculations over the last few days about where I was when I started and where I am now. I have also been [...]
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Most of us set goals at one time or another in our lives. There are a few people who consistently meet and exceed their goals on a regular basis. It doesn’t seem to matter whether they are financial goals or personal goals or career related goals. What is it that they do differently than the [...]
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