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Give It Away Now

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I’ve been on a series of articles lately about the reasons we need to focus on saving money. I’ve dealt with everything from saving for emergencies, to saving for purchases, to saving for the children’s college and our own personal retirement. I’m … [Continue reading]

2 HUGE Reasons We Need to Save to Build Wealth

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If you have been following my posts recently, I have been discussing why it is important to save money. I talked about saving for emergencies and then outlined saving for purchases and bills. These serve as a solid foundation for our long-term … [Continue reading]

Saturday Shoutouts (2/23/13)

It's been a great week being at home with the kiddo's during our school system's Winter Break. Lots of great reading content and thought provoking material on the web this week and this was the best of the best of what I read anyway. Hope you … [Continue reading]

How Far Would You Go To Get What You Want?

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Ever been around someone who is never satisfied? It doesn’t matter how much they have they always want more. Contentment is a foreign word to them. There is a delicate balance between being content and striving for more and the two seem to compete … [Continue reading]

How to Eliminate Overspending and “Gotcha” Moments

Baby Surprised

The number one reason you should be saving money right now is for emergencies. Guaranteed they are going to happen. The second reason we need to save money consistently is for making purchases or for paying bills. As I wrote about here, this concept … [Continue reading]

The Un-American Way: Saving for Purchases

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Several weeks ago I wrote about the #1 reason why saving money is important. In “O Lord Jesus, It’s a Fire!” I discussed how saving is vital because we are guaranteed to face emergencies in our life. Having some cash set aside reduces most … [Continue reading]

Shoutout Saturday (2/16/13)

Here are some blog posts that ruled the week. Enjoy the reading and have a great weekend! Frugal Habits of the Rich (Kyle James from Rather-be-shopping.com wrote a guest post for Budget and the Beach blog about the lifestyle habits of his parents … [Continue reading]