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‘Money Boss’ Jo Davison’s 5 Steps for Taking Control of Your Finances

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This method has worked for her for years and takes the stress out of large or unexpected expenses. Each time you consider a nonessential purchase, you can decide what you want more: that latte, that pizza delivery, that extra pair of jeans—or getting, say, $50 closer to the goal you’ve set. Or, it could just make you very secure.”

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Business Travel Is Back: How to Maximize Your Miles

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The right credit card for your business travel needs will depend on several factors, including the size and maturity of your business, your expense levels and your credit profile. One of the first questions to answer is whether it makes more sense for you to use a personal or business card to pay for travel and other expenses.

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3 Ways to Avoid Overspending During the Holidays

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As much as we love nice things, we made faster progress toward our financial goals when we realized that those little upgrades are not just one-time expenses. A joy scale is a personal rating system that encourages you to track how much joy came from an item or experience you purchased. Create a Joy Scale. It’s completely subjective.

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Transforming Your Relationship with Money

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Change takes time. Your relationship with money didn’t turn sour overnight, so don’t expect that one or two reflective exercises or a couple of sessions with a therapist is going to fix all of your emotional blocks around money.

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Tarek El Moussa Will Teach You How to Flip a House Without Breaking the Bank

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The business model revolves around making the right purchase financially, putting in enough money to fix the property, and selling it for a return that makes it worth your time and money. The most expensive part about remodeling a bathroom is the shower tile, so if the existing shower tiles are decent, maybe you can keep or reglaze them.

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Money Remains a Top Stressor for U.S. Adults—Here Are Some Tips to Better Manage Stress (and Finances)

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“I would lie there and catalog the things I had bought over the years that now made absolutely no sense to me: that luxury car lease, that tech gadget, that suit, that watch, that ridiculously expensive bottle of wine.” (And They serve as a gaggle of bad influencers egging us on to turn to purchases for happiness: You know you want it!

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2023 Financial Forecast: How to Prepare for the Year Ahead

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It’s become more difficult in the past year, however, to know what your expenses will be each month—and that makes it all the more challenging to stick to a budget. Meanwhile, after a multi-decade period of low interest rates, it’s now more expensive to borrow money from lenders (such as credit card issuers).

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