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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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Michelle Singletary
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It's why this election was HORRIBLE. It was either Hilary is the devil and Trump a saint. Or Trump the devil and Hilary a saint. Can't we all have a decent, civil conversation without throwing shade?
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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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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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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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Priorities lead to prosperity.
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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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You shouldn't invest the money if you are looking to use it within five years. Too much risk.
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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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Money may not buy love, but fighting about it will bankrupt your relationship.
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Money may not be able to buy you love, but conflicts about it can certainly bankrupt your relationship.
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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 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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If we don't want the companies to cheat on us, we shouldn't be cheating on them.
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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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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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Having fun time is a good use of your money.
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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 all fall - even me.
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