Today Is Okay It is hard to think about a long-range plan when today is okay. But my purpose is to help you build a better mindset for money and get you to look beyond today to plan a better financial future for yourself. Planning requires you to think about your present situation and consider […]
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Music Harmony Whether it is a duet or a full choir, harmony can produce tones that fit together to create a soothing sound. I have attended a contest with barber shop quartets and enjoyed the variety of harmonic music! I bring this up because the family budget will never be successful unless there is cooperation
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But All Must Learn There is an old saying that you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink. Of course, there are a lot of interpretations of what that means. Here is mine. We are offered a lot of help in our lifetime. However, it is our choice to learn
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No Automatic in Personal Finance Sure, you can set up automatic payments for your spending commitments. But should you? Automatic payments are easy to forget. Can you control that? Your personal finance includes income, spending, and saving for investing. That requires your attention to maintain control. Recurring subscriptions are the biggest form of income for
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What to Do? In my pursuit of blogging to help you build a better mindset for money I find that matters of the heart can cloud your judgement on occasion. However, though some may hide their emotions, caring is not a weakness. In fact, it is a blessing because caring and giving of time and
A Game You Want to Win As part of my mission to help you build a better mindset for money, I must make sure you know the value of good health. I almost ignored this point early in my life and I know too many that did ignore the need to maintain good health. Perhaps
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What 7 Habits? Since my mission is to help you build a better mindset for money, to aid that mission, I will review some books worth reading. There are many authors who have found success because they have written something that readers have found valuable. One of these authors is Stephen R. Covey, in his
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Innocent Years In my youth, before I got distracted by growing up, I was able to stop and observe insects. I lived on a farm between the ages of 6 and 11, so I had lots of bugs to study. I saw strange looking beetles, caterpillars, honeybees, bumble bees, wasps, grasshoppers, and hills of ants.
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One Plate to Lose Weight I am older and extra weight is harder to lose. So, to help me mentally, I came up with a saying, “One plate to lose weight”, since my biggest issue has been eating too much at each meal. When I was a kid, we seldom had a lot to eat
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Sources Galore to Explore There are many ways to learn. Just as there are many ways to earn money. My hope is that you will make the effort to focus on learning a way to earn a living that you can enjoy. Regardless of what you do now to survive, my goal is to help
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