Begin by purging your current files
What are the benefits to being organized? Besides sleeping better at night, you'll have a clearer idea of how much you actually spend, and where you spend it. This makes it much easier to prepare a realistic budget and live within your ... [... more]
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Helping Teens Become Money Savvy - Home Finance
While the popular media all too frequently glorify teens as the "ultimate consumers", many teenagers are become increasingly attuned to the importance of personal finance. For teenagers who are in the midst of completing high school or have [... more]
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Achieving Your Financial Goals - Part One - Home Finance
A surprising number of people do not pay their bills on time each month despite the fact that they have the money to pay them. Whether they get too busy, or they simply have better things to do, the task of paying the bills gets pushed aside. ... [... more]
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Setting Financial Resolutions - Home Finance
Ah, it's the start of a new year and once again everyone is talking about setting New Year's resolutions. Well, you aren't falling in that trap again. It's always the same: you start the year with grand plans of getting your life in order and by ... [... more]
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Saving Money On Fresh Fruit And Vegetables - Home Finance
Food prices are no joke! While the stock market reverberates daily and many of us are seeing the values of our portfolios decline; the one variable that certainly isn't decreasing is the average cost of food. Rapidly escalating food prices, ... [... more]
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What are 529 Plans?
It is no secret that the cost of college tuition is rapidly outpacing the cost of living. Therefore, it is essential for parents to map out a targeted strategy for saving and investing money for their children's higher education as early as ... [... more]
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Achieving Your Financial Goals - Part Two - Home Finance
Balancing the checking account seems like such a simple task yet so many people procrastinate doing it each month. Why is this? Perhaps they feel they know how much money is in their account so they don't feel the need to balance the account. ... [... more]
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Organizing Your Finances - Designing A System - Home Finance
If your finances are well-organized, you'll find it easier to track spending, create a budget, live within your means, save more and get out of debt faster. On the other hand, if your finances are unorganized, it's much more likely that you'll ... [... more]
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Make your list of financial resolutions specific
Now with the holidays firmly behind us, it's time to focus on the upcoming year and start compiling our list of resolutions for 2009! Some of these are no doubt familiar; stop smoking, pursue a more healthy lifestyle, exercise more often, lose 20 ... [... more]
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How To Create Stress-Free Holidays - Home Finance
Christmas in October? You bet! The only way to create stress-free holidays is to plan early, and plan well. A few years ago I started a holiday planner after visiting www.organizedchristmas.com. I printed out the sections I needed and put them in ... [... more]
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How To Organize Files For The New Year - Home Finance
I've put it off long enough. It's time to hit my home office and organize files! Follow along as I share my year-end file organization plan. I used to be oh-so-organized. My files were up-to-date and easy to follow. Then life struck, and stuff ... [... more]
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End Of Year Home Finance Checklist - Home Finance
With the holidays just around the corner, the last thing anyone wants to do is review their finances! But, please, don't rush 2008 out of the door yet! December, with all its hope and promise is the best month to reflect on ourselves; to look ... [... more]
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