Category Archives: Budgeting

Don’t Let Financial Surprises Catch You

Financial Surprises That Make You Want To Hide. Financial surprises are like those times when your phone rings at the movie theater. (You thought for sure you turned if off.) It freaks you out and you spill your peanut M&Ms … Continue reading

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Get Out of Credit Card Debt

Credit Card Debt Traps Less U.S. Consumers CreditKarma.com has reported that consumers cut their credit card debt by 11%! The average credit card balance for 2011 was $6576, compared to $7404 in 2010. This is good stuff! The way we … Continue reading

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Spend Money So It Serves You

How Do You Spend Money? On Experiences or Things? It’s time for a new TV. Your old one is on the fritz. Plus it’s big and clunky.  You want one of those killer flat screens. The cool ones you love … Continue reading

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Super Committee Duds

What’s So Super About the Super Committee? What a dud! The Super Committee couldn’t reach an agreement on at least $1.2 trillion in deficit reductions by the deadline. How long have they tried to balance our budget and reduce the … Continue reading

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The Art of Working with a Bookkeeper

All right, I have a bookkeeper. Now what? You have made the decision to hire a bookkeeper. Yay! It’s a great decision because now you will have more time to focus on making more money in your business. So let’s … Continue reading

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How Is Your Financial Health?

Are You Headed To The Emergency Room? Over the past few weeks I have read some stats on the financial health of the American public which I feel compelled to share with you. According to economywatch.com: 50% of Americans have … Continue reading

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Budget for Today AND Retirement

Would You Buy a Hot Dog at a Gas Station? You walk into the gas station and you are starving. They’re outta everything — chips, protein bars — and there are only hot dogs for sale. Ya know, the ones … Continue reading

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Mom Taught Me How To Budget

Where would we be without moms?  Some moms work, some stay at home but regardless of what they do, moms deserve a major shout out.  Dedication to family, keeping everything under control, and taking care of so many things while … Continue reading

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What’s Your Return on Time?

You are staying late at the office. You’re working super hard returning all of those client calls and emails, and servicing your clients. You are trying to run and build a successful business. Next thing you know, 5 years have … Continue reading

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Budgeting and Your 401K

Don’t Worry About the Gravy Do you have a 401k? If so, your company probably has some type of matching program, where they add money to your 401k based on the amount of the contribution you make. I cant tell … Continue reading

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