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Fundamentals | 07.24

Four Things You Haven’t Thought About When it Comes to Your Emergency Fund

In all of this talk about emergency funds, I want to mention a few other things you aren’t thinking about when it comes to your rainy-day savings. Again, the overarching…

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Fundamentals | 07.21

Where to Put Your Emergency Fund

One of my coworkers and I were on a mission last week. We were trying to find places to store our emergency funds. She was looking for somewhere other than…

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Fundamentals | 06.26

How to Maximize Your Social Security Benefits When Married

Now that you know the fundamentals of the social security system, it’s time to learn how to make the most of getting benefits as a married couple. Employing any of…

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Fundamentals | 06.21

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Brian Thompson Financial provides a free newsletter that gives you simple tips for organizing and improving your financial life. Each newsletter also has an easy to use tool like a budgeting…

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Fundamentals | 06.19

Arguments Against Marriage

Marriage isn’t for everyone. A friend told me recently that he wants his life “to be a frustration of capitalism,” and he believes that marriage is foundation of that capitalism.…

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Fundamentals | 06.05

Adopting The Bucket Budget

So you want to budget. In fact, you know you need to budget. But you don’t have the discipline and/or desire to track all of your expenses. What do you…

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Fundamentals | 06.02

Do You Really Need a Detailed Budget?

This probably doesn’t surprise you: I keep an extremely detailed budget. I track every penny and have for over a decade. I get a little on edge if I miss…

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Fundamentals | 05.29

How to Set and Achieve Your Money Goals

I’ve been a bit nostalgic this week. My family reunion over the long weekend reminded me of just how fast time flies. Then yesterday, the primary tax preparer at our…

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Fundamentals | 05.26

Three Tips for Getting the Most Happiness Out of Your Experiences

I hope you all had a good Memorial Day Weekend. I had an amazing time at my family reunion. I haven’t been back to Memphis, where most of my dad’s…

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Fundamentals | 04.24

The Simple Step You Should Take to Improve Your Health and Wealth

In my effort to rejuvenate my mind and body this week, I’ve made sure to get to the gym right after work, took in a concert with my husband, and…

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Fundamentals | 04.21

Three Strategies to Help Achieve Work Life Balance

Tax season part one is over! As you may have noticed, I took Friday off from blogging (and from work) to do some things that I love – sleeping in,…

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Fundamentals | 04.03

The Secrets to a Successful Car Purchase

As I said in my previous post, you should be excited about how the tides have turned in your favor when it comes to buying a car. Today I want…

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Fundamentals | 03.31

Three Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Buy a Car

Well, Ben and I bought a new car last week. Just when I thought our big purchases were out of the way after our wedding and buying our new home,…

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