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There's nothing wrong with having a 9-to-5 job, but figure out a way to have another stream of income.

Michelle Singletary

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Michelle Singletary
Age: 54
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Set up rules for when you will give not lend money. Never lend. My people know that I'll help with college. I'll help if they lose they job thu no fault of their own.
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That's is life. You move and change according to things that happen to you and things that you make happen because of poor choices.
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Having a separate fund for the things in life that happen, helps keep the emergency fund in tact in case you lose your job or income.
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Once you finish paying for college you could reduce your life insurance.
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Money may not buy love, but fighting about it will bankrupt your relationship.
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I've found that when you can quickly knock out debt you get motivated because you see progress. Then you attack the other debt so fast that even if it's at a higher interest rate, you don't end up paying much more because you've gotten rid of it.
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If you haven't saved, your child may have to work. But do what you can to NEVER take out student or parent loans.
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You made a decision given your life circumstances and you have to be ok with that. Regrets that can't be change is just torturing yourself.
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No matter who is in the White House, I just keep doing what my grandmother taught me. Hate debt. Save. The best any of us can do really.
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If we don't want the companies to cheat on us, we shouldn't be cheating on them.
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I think you can save and spend to live for however long you live. You just have to be flexible if things don't go as plan.
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You still need to save but being debt-free in retirement is and should be a goal.
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Save what you can toward the emergency and life happens fund. But don't worry yourself sick at the slow growth. The point is it's growing even it's just one dollar at at time.
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I write for people who are good money managers and want to know how to be even better stewards over their money.
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Having fun time is a good use of your money.
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My husband and I are pretty good at leaving money alone until we need it for what we've saved it for.
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If we aren't careful, our children will come down with 'affluenza,' a disease that causes them to confuse wants and needs. We need to teach our children what my grandmother taught me: Think twice about spending money you don't have on things you don't need to impress people you don't like anyway.
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You are rich if you have enough to meet your most basic needs. You are rich if you have access to clean water, food, shelter, love, a roof over your head.You have to count your blessings to see that you are richer than you think.
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You'll feel better when you get all that debt off your back.
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The schools can't cover all the values that go along with how you handle your money. For example, a financial literacy class might not teach me to hate debt the way my grandmother, Big Mama did.
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