I was listening to a prominent author and speaker yesterday and he referenced Benjamin Franklin’s The Way To Wealth. I had never heard of it, so I decided to look it up. It is an essay that Franklin wrote under a the name of Richard Saunders...
Topics: Benjamin Franklin, General, Poor Richard's Almanac, Way To Wealth

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This thought popped into my head today. Why? Because I just started a diet and there seems to be a lot of press about food prices. Yes, food prices are on the rise because overall, the price of most commodities is on the rise. We’ll talk about..
Topics: Budget, food

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As I noted in the blog post The B-Word, I got into financial trouble when I was faced with an unplanned expense and had no savings, or financial foundation.How is your financial foundation?Probably not where you need it to be. Most financial advisers...
Topics: Budget, Saving, savings, The Money Journey

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Now we put it all together. By now you have a good idea of how you spend money from Part 1 and you’ve organized your expenses into a month with Part 2. Now you can plan the next four months. Why four months? First, it is easier to plan four...
Topics: Budget, spreadsheet, The Money Journey

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This is part two of a three part series on budget preparation.  Hopefully by now, you’ve been documenting your daily purchases and you are beginning to see your regular daily cash outflow.  Now for the heavy duty stuff.Get your bank and credit...
Topics: Budget, Money Journey, The Money Journey, Uncategorized

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