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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.

Michelle Singletary

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Michelle Singletary
Age: 54
Columnist
Financial Planner
Journalist
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Enough
Retire
Retiring
Shoot
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Debt
Nobody
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I love teaching people how to handle their money and I've built a brand on that skill.
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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 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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When you give people who are being financially responsible money, you are enabling them to continue a bad habit. So you are actually helping by saying, Love you but no.
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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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Money may not buy love, but fighting about it will bankrupt your relationship.
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You'll feel better when you get all that debt off your back.
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Having fun time is a good use of your money.
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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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We all only have a certain amount of money and that means yes, we have to make choices and sometimes those choices mean we don't get what we want.
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I've decided to keep working until my last kid is thu college.
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I use my financial values to set my limitations. I have three children I want to put through college debt free. So that means I can't spend wildly or with disregard.
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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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We know intellectually that money can't buy happiness yet we spend and go into debt as if it does.
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We all fall - even me.
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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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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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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 still need to save but being debt-free in retirement is and should be a goal.
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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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