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Financial Goals
Sarah Brumley

What My Q2 + Q3 Results Actually Were (Plus Q4 Intentions)

It’s hard to believe that we’ve entered Quarter 4 of 2024, but the calendar doesn’t lie. I thought today would be a great time to share how we fared in Quarters 2 and 3, since I missed the last update, and then share a bit about what our goals and

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Family + Personal
Sarah Brumley

What My Quarter 1 Results Actually Were (Plus Q2 Intentions)

It’s hard to believe that we’ve entered Quarter 2 of 2024. In fact, we’re over halfway through April if you’re listening to this in real time, and I thought today would be a perfect time to give you a little insight into what’s happening in my life – with my

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Financial Goals
Sarah Brumley

Rock Bottom Finances: A Blessing in Disguise?

When you’ve hit rock bottom and are absolutely certain your financial situation can’t get any worse, what should you do next? Today I’m chatting about five lessons, blessings you might call them, that we learned from our rock bottom finances. So, if that’s the type of encouragement you need to

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Real Life Family Finance Stories
Sarah Brumley

Real Life Family Finance: An Unemployed Merchandizer

Sometimes we find ourselves in family life, struggling to maintain a budget, and think we are the only ones out there dealing with similar issues. I mean, it’s easy to look at the neighbor across the street with the new truck, your best friend who is excited to spend money

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Real Life Family Finance Stories
Sarah Brumley

Real Life Family Finance: A Massage Therapist

Sometimes we find ourselves in family life, struggling to maintain a budget, and think we are the only ones out there dealing with similar issues. I mean, it’s easy to look at the neighbor across the street with the new truck, your best friend who is excited to spend money

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Real Life Family Finance Stories
Sarah Brumley

Real Life Family Finance: Airplane Mechanic and Stay at Home Mom

Sometimes we find ourselves in family life, struggling to maintain a budget, and think we are the only ones out there dealing with similar issues. I mean, it’s easy to look at the neighbor across the street with the new truck, your best friend who is excited to spend money

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Real Life Family Finance Stories
Sarah Brumley

Real Life Family Finance: An Account Analyst

It’s my pleasure to have the opportunity to feature Andrea Joy today. Andrea lives in Ohio with her husband of 12 years. He works as a HVAC Warehouse Manager and although Andrea works primarily as an […]

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Real Life Family Finance Stories
Sarah Brumley

Real Life Family Finance: A Lawyer

It’s my pleasure to have the opportunity to feature Laura today. Laura lives in Canada with her husband of eight years and three kids, ages six, three, and one. Although Laura works primarily as a lawyer, she can also be found blogging about simplifying family life over […]

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Real Life Family Finance Stories
Sarah Brumley

Real Life Family Finance: Insurance Underwriter

The truth is…things aren’t always as they appear…am I correct? I’ve been really nosey lately, asking questions about people’s financial lives…even some of the uncomfortable ones…so that we can all better understand that we are not the only ones struggling (or succeeding) when […]

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Real Life Family Finance: Blogger and Family Man
Real Life Family Finance Stories
Sarah Brumley

Real Life Family Finance: Blogger and Family Man

t’s my pleasure to have the opportunity to feature Dale today. Dale lives in California with his wife of 17 years and four kids, ages seven, ten, fourteen, and sixteen. Although Dale works primarily as a gas utility supervisor, he […]

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