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Money Management (5)

financial annual planning calendar

5 min read

How to Master Your Year With a Financial Annual Planning Calendar

It's the beginning of a new year, and you are ready for it. Your monthly spending plan is up to date, you're regularly putting aside a percentage of...

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Personal annual review tips

5 min read

Unlocking the Power of a Personal Annual Review

Everyone wants the coming year to be the best one ever, the year where you reach all your big goals and do all the things you hoped you would. Let's...

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Examples of surprising financial goals

7 min read

7 Surprising Examples Of Financial Goals To Set During New Years

If your New Year's resolutions involve money, you're not alone. According to one report, nearly half of Americans are making finance-related...

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financial literacy for beginners

8 min read

5 Easy Steps To Financial Literacy For Beginners

Did you know that, according to one report, almost half of Americans make a New Year’s Resolution related to finance? If you’re one of those people,...

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It's a Wonderful Life Lessons

4 min read

The Best Part of “It’s a Wonderful Life” (From a Credit Union’s Perspective)

Ever since I started working at a credit union, I’ve been surprised at how and where financial lessons turn up. When you write about finances for a...

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Prepare for the new year

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How to get Your Finances Ready for the New Year

For most people, January is a time to prepare for the year ahead. The most popular way to do that is by making New Year's resolutions, but people...

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Financially prepare for winter

7 min read

5 Essential Tips To Winterize Your Finances Until Spring

Every Midwesterner knows the value of preparing for winter. You need to make sure your furnace can take the increased demands you’ll put on it, make...

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try to my money tool to replace the mint app

3 min read

5 Reasons to Replace Mint With My Money

To the dismay of tens of thousands of users, the popular personal finance app Mint is being shut down at the end of 2023. This is a shame, since Mint...

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how to plan an affordable winter vacation

5 min read

How To Plan Affordable Winter Vacations You’ll Never Forget

Most people think of vacations as exclusively summertime activities, but if you’ve ever taken a vacation in the winter months you know how much fun...

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Giving to Rochester, MN charities

4 min read

Local Rochester, MN Charities you can Donate to on GivingTuesday

These days, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are almost as big of a holiday as Thanksgiving is. People line up outside of retail stores for hours...

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