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January 17, 2009
Hard to believe that over 5% of the new year is already gone.
However, it is still early enough to start developing good money habits.
We are all starting fresh each and every day.
Get some notebooks, a computer program or hire some help…renew your commitment to track your spending.
Me? I am going to track ALL outgo. Each cent!
Many of my clients only track the tax-deductible cash outgo - justifying that any charges for the taxman.
Fact is, out of sight out of mind.
Then they look at their income, then look at their bank balances half way thru the year, and think…where is it? Where did it all go? I know a lot of people can relate.
Now you can have those numbers handy all the time.
Make every Sunday or Monday your day to update the records.
That which gets measured gets improved!
Measure your money!
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I love your site. After a couple of very stressful years, my financial paperwork is a mess. Within the last six months what was bad before has turned into a disaster. I am trying to organize about 4 years of paperwork, personal plus 3 businesses. Late reports, late paying bills, everything is late, lost and very disorganized. I read your space all the time, keep it up. Have you read the book Bird by Bird? The title came from a boy who waited until the last minute to do his bird report. He asked his dad how he could get it done by the time it was due and his dad said”bird by bird.” So that is how I am approaching my mess….one piece of paper at a time.