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One of our Core Values is Financial Security. We feel this is crucial for all of us. For entrepreneurs such as ourselves, we have also learned to value Quality Time and the Energy that life’s passion brings. For those reasons, you will find that most of our “Busyness” blog posts focus on the essentials of Time, Energy, and Money!
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“Focus is often a matter of deciding what things you’re not going to do.” John CarmackI know I have written about focus before, so why keep dwelling on it? Because distractions are constant and never ending! Our phones give constant alerts, emails, text messages. Someone has a question, interrupts a conversation, walks in on a…
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Do you feel as though you have too many things to remember? We are inundated with so much information each and every day, aren’t we? Some days, it’s hard to keep track of all of it! I have always been a “list maker,” and a recent event reinforced the value of making lists to…
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“the clutter in our home may be having more of a negative impact on our family’s health…”
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Declutter is one of my new favorite words.
At the mention of this word, though, it makes some of my friends and family cringe!
The more items we have, the more time it takes to care for them.
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As a single person, I thought if my checkbook was close to what the bank statement showed each month, that was “good enough.”
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It Is Hard to Manage What You Are Not Passionate About !
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Accomplishing any worthwhile goal takes time to visualize and clarify it and then to list the steps it will take to get there. Make sure you put your goal down on paper.
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Before buying things because you “deserve” them, try reflecting on two very important questions.
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“If you measure something, you can understand it. If you understand it, you can control it, and if you can control it, you can improve it.” The same holds true in your monthly budgeting.
The reality is that it is nearly impossible to complete & follow a monthly budget without improving your overall financial position. There are several reasons for this, so I would challenge you to do this.
First, just developing a budget for yourself will raise your awareness of what you have for revenue or income sources and then also boost your cognizance of how much you are spending each month. Next, you will come to grips with the reality of one of three facts. Either you need to boost your income sources, reduce your outgoing expenditures or, thank goodness, if you have more income than expenses, you can then save some money. Of course, this is fantastic! You just need to determine where you will store or invest those extra funds each month…
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