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How to Create a Budget: 6 Steps to Get You on the Path to Financial Security

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Some basic categories, but definitely not all possible ones, you can start with include: Housing, including rent or mortgage Utilities Car payments/insurance/gas Health/medical expenses Groceries/restaurant expenses Entertainment Personal/shopping/clothing Children Savings Credit cards/loans/other fees Etc.

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Are Your Friends Sabotaging Your Business?

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As much as I love my friends and don’t blame them in any way for requesting discounted (or pro bono) services, I realised my principle to be a “good friend&# led me into making some bad business decisions. By the time I expensed medical, insurance, retirement etc, I barely broke even. This is a given. Overworked and underpaid?