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The Best Spending Tracker Has Two Thumbs and Might Be Reading This Title Right Now

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Inside: Automatic spending trackers are a lifeline for some people. But me? I march to a different drummer. I purposefully enter in each and every purchase I make by hand—and here’s why.   The world is full of ways to automate your life and make it easier. Everything from automatic Amazon ordering services to automatic…

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How to Stick With Your New Budget

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Inside: It’s tough enough to set up your budget. Then, you still have to remember to follow it! Here’s what helped me, after several attempts at budgeting. Three years later, and I’m still going strong! These tips can help you stick with your new budget too.    It’s that time of year again! Everyone’s getting ready…

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Budget Like A Boss: Adjust Your Budget

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  Question: What’s the difference between Bill Gates and 50 Cent? Answer: A successful budget. I know. I’m the funniest person alive. Seriously, though, there’s a reason 50 Cent went broke and now has…well…50 cents left to his name. Today we’re going to talk about your budget…and how to make it successful so you don’t…

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Budget Like A Boss: Create A Badass Money Saving Plan

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  Saving money used to be as elusive to me as finding Bigfoot. Apparently I’m not the only one, since 62% of all Americans don’t even have $1,000 in savings. If there’s anything I’ve learned in my lifetime though, it’s this: Things will go wrong Things will cost more than $1,000 Things will happen when…

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How to Budget Like A Boss: Track Your Spending

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  Tacky green see-through visors. You know the kind I’m talking about, right? Those goofy half-hat things that old-timey accountants used to wear? Up until a few years ago I used to think I’d never be able to successfully keep up with my budget because A) I wasn’t an accountant, and B) I didn’t have…

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Budget Like A Boss: Create a Budget

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  If you would have said the word “budget” to me three years ago I probably would have ran away screaming in terror. Who wants to budget? That’s what my grandparents did during the Great Depression, along with eating shoes and using corncobs for TP (come to think about it, that might explain a lot…)….

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Budget Like A Boss: Set Kick-Ass Financial Goals

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  Once upon a time I wanted: A house Dogsledding team Fully-funded retirement account…at age 35 Trips around the world A new Toyota Tacoma To get my PhD Airplane lessons Guitar lessons To win the Iditarod To be fluent in French A private island To be fluent in German An ambulance To be fluent in…

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Budget Like A Boss: What Are Your Current Spending Patterns?

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  Have you ever tried budgeting? Be honest with me. How well did it work for you? Did you give up in a fit of rage and frustration, Bruce Banner? Apparently it doesn’t work so well for most other people either. Only about 30% of Americans actually have a real, physical budget. And I’m not…

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