I’ve been a Dave Ramsey nut for a long time, but until I made a commitment to New Valley Church to facilitate FPU, I hadn’t actually been through Financial Peace University.  So, while I’ve read his book, gleaned a myriad of useful information [...]

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A good rule to follow when considering your modes of transportation (and we’re talking about all of your motorized toys that move you from point A to point B) is to keep the sum of the current market value of all of your transports at an amount equal to or less than half [...]

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Money comes in, and money goes out.  You work hard for it, so why aren’t you telling it where it needs to go?  Why at the end of every month are you more inclined to look back to wonder where it went, rather than planning where it will go ahead of time?

A [...]

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It occurred to me today to try something that I hadn’t thought of before.  Since the focus of my life has shifted in the past 2 years from paying “financial stupid taxes” to making the right decisions with my cash flow in order to pay off all of my debt, I have become [...]

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Why Budget is Such a Bad Word

On September 15, 2009 By

Oomph!  The dreaded “B” word.

Buried in debt, our nation has lost sight of the definition of budget.  Much like food, buried in fat, we’ve also lost sight of the meaning of diet.

A diet is what you eat.  It is the meal plan that you either [...]

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