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Create Your Own Dollar Plan: Step 6

By now you’ve put in a lot of work defining your goals, prioritizing them and calculating the costs. It’s finally time to implement!
Here’s the steps we’ve already covered:

Step 1: Brainstorming
Step 2: Assigning Numerical Values
Step 3: Calculating Total Cost
Step 4: Reflecting on Priorities and Values
Step 5: Fit Your Goals To Your Budget

Step 6: Track Your Progress
Create […]

Create Your Own Dollar Plan: Step 5

Now that you’ve aligned your goals and your values it’s time to fit them in with the rest of your monthly budget. This piece is actually easier than you would think since you’ve put so much thought into the work you’ve done up to this point.
If you’re joining us in progress, here’s the work […]

Create Your Own Dollar Plan: Step 4

It’s time for Step 4 in the series! I like this step because you are truly aligning where your money goes to your values. Nothing feels better than putting your money towards your true desires.
Previous Steps:

Step 1: Brainstorming
Step 2: Assigning Numerical Values
Step 3: Calculating Total Cost

Step 4: Reflecting on priorities and values.
Reflect. Once you […]

Create Your Own Dollar Plan: Step 3

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Create Your Own Dollar Plan: Step 2

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Create Your Own Dollar Plan: Step 1

The foundation of My Dollar Plan is actually the same as the name… it’s based on our dollar plan. Readers wanted to know what it looks like, how we created it and how we manage our finances to it. So far I’ve only mentioned it in theory and haven’t explained the nuts and bolts. Today we’re […]