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  1. Financial Peace of Mind - Part 8

    Eliminating Credit Card & Other Debts:

    In my last blog I told you that my second goal (first goal was $1,000 emergency fund) was to be debt free except my mortgage, car payment & student loan. I experienced a blow to my plan when I had to replace my Air Conditioning at a cost of approximately $7,000 but was still able to meet my goal. I am sure you want to know how and I am now going to tell you…

    Debt reduction is critical to having financial peace of mind, when ...

    Updated 11-22-2010 at 10:10 AM by Knappster

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  2. Financial Peace of Mind - Part 7

    Some Encouraging Words:

    Okay you still have hair on your head (well most of you anyway) and you haven’t thrown in the towel quite yet. I promised you it would get better and I am going to share today some of the positive experiences I have personally seen while going through this process.

    I too created a budget, set up envelopes and gave up many things that I wish I could have kept. I knew that in order to be successful I had to give 100% to this process and for ...

    Updated 11-22-2010 at 10:10 AM by Knappster

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  3. Financial Peace of Mind - Part 6

    Building a Budget:

    Last time we talked about setting up envelopes for the envelope system of budgeting, today we are going to talk about balancing your budget and try to make some sense of it.

    We started by creating a budget… for many that is the most difficult step. You know how much you make each month and you do not have much control to change that figure, then you start to list your expenses and if you were anything like me you expensed far more than you showed ...

    Updated 11-22-2010 at 10:10 AM by Knappster

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  4. Financial Peace of Mind - Part 5

    Step 3 - The Envelope System

    Okay so you have gotten this far, I assume that means you are at least a little interested in your financial future. Congratulations, you have gotten further than many others.

    Today’s blog is about envelopes… yep, your heard me rights (or read me right). The way this budgeting system works is through the use of envelopes, let me explain. Go out and get yourself a box of envelopes, it really does not matter what kind and over ...

    Updated 11-22-2010 at 10:10 AM by Knappster

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  5. Financial Peace of Mind - Part 4

    We left off last time talking about making a budget, I know just building the budget can be difficult, keeping it will even be more difficult if you do not discipline yourself so be ready to stick to what ever you put down in your budget. If you make a budget and do not follow it then this will not work, you must follow your budget (and it is YOUR budget, you made it).

    Before I go too far I have to throw a wrinkle into this for all you married folks like me, you have to do this as ...

    Updated 10-26-2010 at 12:17 PM by Knappster

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