Archive for the "finances" category

Why You Should Keep An Asset Inventory

Being financially organized yourself is a great thing, but if anything should happen to you, would the people you love know where to find your important records and assets? Keeping a list of important documents and where they are located, and providing copies for your spouse, attorney, executor of your estate and other close relatives […]

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Being Organized Can Affect Your Credit

I am doing something this week that I used to do at least twice a year.  I have not done it since I had kids.
I am writing letters to credit card companies whose cards we no longer use and have a zero balance to CLOSE THEM!  In our case too many open revolving credit accounts was negatively […]

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Financial Order

Every now and again I come to a point where my personal accounting system needs a total overhaul.  I am about at that point right now. 
I think it’s starting this time because I’ve been sitting in the hot garage with nothing to do between customers but think about how to use the money we’re making on the […]

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Why Don’t Things Stay Organized? - PART I

Organization is relative.  Things that were once organized and stayed organized often become unruly again.   I used to spend time feeling guilty about this but have since come to realize that life changes, I change and my organizing systems need to change.  Although sometimes the organizing system wasn’ t the right one to begin with (more […]

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