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6 Key Reasons Men and Women Cheat on Each Other
Cheating in relationships has been around as long as romantic relationships have existed (give or take seven years.) If you have never cheated yourself, chances are you have at least considered it ... or at the very least you are close to someone...
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AWARENESS
"Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." -- James Thurber
"Like a fish suddenly made aware that it is swimming in water, I found every aspect of my perception changed." Author Unknown
How many of us live in...
What To Pay When You Can't Pay Everything
What To Pay When You Can't Pay Everything By Terry Rigg With ever increasing consumer debt more of us are finding ourselves robbing Peter to pay Paul each month. We go through our bills and find that the money just won't stretch far enough to...
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Dating Your Spouse: Planning an evening on the town--no kids
When was the last time you went out on a real “date” with your significant other? And no, a real date doesn’t mean taking the kids to the movies with you and sitting them in the front row, while you sit five rows back to cuddle, eat popcorn, and...
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Only You Can Prevent Money Problems
People experience money problems for a variety of reasons. Maybe you lost your job, used your credit cards too much, have a bunch of medical bills, paid too much for your dream home or any number of other reasons.
What ever the reasons for your money problems, most of them could be prevented. I know for a lot of you, I am talking in the past tense. The problems are already here so prevention is irrelevant. This is not the case.
Only when you understand how you could have prevented the problem in the first place will you be able to fix it. We don't need to look at symptoms here, we need to explore root causes. I have developed a theory. Some people aren't willing to sacrifice, no matter what the rewards.
Sacrifice and discipline go hand in hand. It seems that our parents and grandparents understood this better than we do. They had to sacrifice just to put food on the table. They also understood that they had to forego what they wanted to have what they needed.
I believe that most of us have a basic understanding of discipline, however in
today's society we don't have to choose between food and a big screen TV. We want it all - we can have it all - NOW. It's too bad that many times this will come back to haunt us.
If you want to prevent your money problems, you have to have the discipline to sacrifice. You need to understand that your needs come first, that you have limited financial resources and that never spending more than you earn each month is essential to your families financial survival.
It is even more important that you learn discipline and sacrifice if you already have money problems. When you develop these skills and hopefully overcome your financial woes, you will have a better chance of preventing it from happening again.
About the Author
Terry Rigg is the author of Living Within Your Means - The Easy Way http://www.homemoneyhelp.com/ebookadpage.html and editor of The FREE Budget Stretcher Newsletter and Budget Stretcher web site http://www.homemoneyhelp.com. He has 25 years of experience counseling individuals and families concerning their personal finances.
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