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Money may not be able to buy you love, but conflicts about it can certainly bankrupt your relationship.

Michelle Singletary

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Michelle Singletary
Age: 55
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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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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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We have to protect ourselves by doing our own homework.
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You'll feel better when you get all that debt off your back.
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The rich are depressed because they realize their money can't buy them out of their issues.
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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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The key to making sure your credit stays good is paying the bill on time. If you are paying the balance off even if there is something on the card in recent purchases, you are good.
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The sad thing is many people learn how to manage money after they've made a lot of financial mistakes, some that take decades to fix.
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We know intellectually that money can't buy happiness yet we spend and go into debt as if it does.
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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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If we don't want the companies to cheat on us, we shouldn't be cheating on them.
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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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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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There are other ways to motivate students than requiring them to take on debt or work long hours taking away from their studies. For example, we don't allow our kids to work during the school hours their freshman year. After that, they can work a little but not so much that it hurts their education.
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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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Don't let people scare you from a career that may not net you a six figure salary. If you want to be a teacher, teach. But knowing that your salary may only reach a certain level, do all that you can to become the best money manager you can be.
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If you'll have enough saved and nobody has to take on debt and you want to retire, shoot go for it.
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I'm keenly aware of how important it is to set a good example. You may not think that your kids are paying attention to you, especially with something like money, but they probably are.
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