Debt Free Living: 5 Attitudes You Need to Adopt for Success

prisoner Debt Free Living: 5 Attitudes You Need to Adopt for Success Do you want to be debt free?

You lose a lot when you live debt free.  You lose things like stress, fights with your spouse and sleepless nights. 

You also lose that financial ball and chain you’ve been dragging around.

Debt free living is financial freedom.  It is going against the grain in our society to find a better way.  I want to assure you, it is truly a better …

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Avoid Student Loan Debt: A College Education Is NOT Priceless

books Avoid Student Loan Debt: A College Education Is NOT Priceless Are you paying way too much for your college education?

Some people have thrown all logic out the window when it comes to their education.  They are stupidly borrowing huge sums of money in the form of student loans to pay all of their college expenses.  I’m sorry to be so blunt, but it is true!

Occasionally, a blogger writes a post that they truly wished everyone would read.  This …

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Top 10 Reasons Living With Debt — BITES!

worried bride Top 10 Reasons Living With Debt    BITES! Is it really better to live debt-free?

There is a lot of talk nowadays about frugality and paying off debt, but why is living with debt so bad?  What harm is there in using a credit card to get what we want?  After all, we work hard.  Don’t we deserve some luxuries?  Why wait to get things when interest rates are so low?

Well, I lived with debt for several …

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50 Bad Money Habits That Will Leave You Eating ALPO For Dinner

eating 50 Bad Money Habits That Will Leave You Eating ALPO For Dinner How well do you handle your finances?

Most of us have some bad money habits that continued could leave us eating ALPO for dinner!  If not literally, then certainly figuratively. 

Dogs might love ALPO and we might survive eating it, but it won’t be pleasant.  Shape up or you could wind up broke and desperate!

Check out this list to see if you have any bad money habits that you …

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Budget Living: 3 Good Habits That Outlived Their Usefulness?

cash register Budget Living: 3 Good Habits That Outlived Their Usefulness? Are these three financial good habits just too simple for today’s world?

These are certainly very basic personal finance practices, but it doesn’t seem that many people are still applying them.

Have these fundamentals of finance outlived their usefulness? 

The three good habits of personal finance that used to work

I generally believe that simple is better.  When things are easy and straightforward, then I can be more consistent with …

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Downsizing, Becoming Debt-Free And Saving For Retirement

funny money Downsizing, Becoming Debt Free And Saving For Retirement What steps are you taking to win financially?  Are you cutting back due to the recession and saving more?

No matter how you slice it, life takes money

It takes money to take care of your kids.  It takes money to advance a cause.  It takes money to retire with dignity.

Buying more than you can afford and accumulating debt drains you of your financial power.  It binds you …

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