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How to follow through on your new years resolutions.

Do you struggle to follow through and reach your new years resolutions? You need self control, determination, financial consideration, and DIY know how to reach your new years resolutions.  resolution [rez-uh–loo-shuh n]   – the act of resolving or determining upon an action, course of action, method, procedure, etc.

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Steps to Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck

Stop living paycheck to paycheck If you haven’t read my break down of living paycheck to paycheck I recommend you read that post first as this one ties into the things I talked about in that post and builds on it. **I am not a financial advisor, just a someone who has struggled with the… Continue reading Steps to Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck

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What is Paycheck to Paycheck Living?

What is paycheck to paycheck living? What does living paycheck to paycheck mean? This is a break down of living paycheck to paycheck and how to break the cycle of living paycheck to paycheck. -Break the cycle so that if your next paycheck doesn’t come you aren’t desperate for money, in the poor house, or out on the streets.   To… Continue reading What is Paycheck to Paycheck Living?

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Save Money by being perceptive.

How to be open to the possibilities already around you. Save money. Improve your life by being perceptive to the things in your life.   January 21st is National Hug Day! Usually, I don’t hear about these kinds of special days until after they have already happened. This year however I actually heard about it prior to the event,… Continue reading Save Money by being perceptive.

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Set Goals

Goals for the new year. I was asked by a co-worker early-mid December what my new years resolutions were for 2017, if I had any. I gave him the honest answer, I wasn’t 100% positive because my focus was on finishing up my goals for 2016. My goals for 2016 were mostly financial and wouldn’t… Continue reading Set Goals

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Christmas on a Budget

Low spend Christmas’s. Our $200 Christmas Budget. Christmas spending in our families My family is a tad bit more cautious with their spending which makes Christmas at my house a little bit easier than Christmas at my spouses. Though there are pluses to every group. Currently there are less little kids in my family however we don’t… Continue reading Christmas on a Budget

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Questions to Ask When Downsizing 

What should you get rid of? I often wonder what I can/should get rid of and what I can keep while I’m trying to free up space. I say it that way because I am a slight hoarder. So I wrote down below the questions I ask myself when trying to simplify my home from stuff.… Continue reading Questions to Ask When Downsizing 

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7 Practical Reasons to Save Money

Saving money is done for many reasons. Some people have to save and some people want to save, which is why the ideas for saving are so versatile. Below I have listed some of the reasons people save money. Hopefully, a few of them will give you a reason to save money because it’s a… Continue reading 7 Practical Reasons to Save Money

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Saving Money, Living with Less, Self Control, DIY. 

 Saving Money There are so many ways to save money and arguably all the other categories could fall under the saving money group, but I mean saving money by paying less. That could be by buying things online for a lower cost. Buying second hand items that cost less than new items. Buying things when… Continue reading Saving Money, Living with Less, Self Control, DIY.