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Link: You’ve Got a Budget, Now What? Small Notebook has a really good (and not-too-long) post talking about how Rachel and her husband, Doug, sat down this past weekend to look at their budget and their expenses, and to make a plan for the next month: You’ve Got a Budget, Now What? I especially like […]

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Link: The Basics Behind a Budget That Works If Real Simple weren’t so focused on getting you to buy stuff to make your life simpler (?!), it might come close to being as good as Simple Mom. If that last sentence didn’t make sense (I’m only one coffee into the morning), let me rephrase it: […]

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You have enough. From Derek Sivers: Companies spend a fortune begging you to want their stuff. I won’t add to that noise. Retail therapy is the worst kind. I’d like to get 100 parrots and teach them to say “It won’t make you happy!” — then let them loose in shopping malls, big electronics stores, […]

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Preparing Your Information for Disaster Trent has, as usual, a terrific post on how to prepare a binder of key information for your family. I’d strongly encourage you to read it, and to put it into practice. In fact, I’m going to need an accountability partner to make our own family’s binder. Let’s do it […]

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5 Ways to Dramatically Improve Your Finances, Beginning Now A good post on Simple Mom, with a high-level overview of things you can do to get your financial house in order. The only place where I (personally) diverge from the author is that Sarah and I aren’t on the “all cash” team, as we find […]

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4 Habits for Saving Money on Routine Family Medical Care | Frugal Dad

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8 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Financial Planner

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Saving Money On A Road Trip With Kids

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