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How to Limit Monthly Expenditures So You Can Attack Your Debt
Where you live, what you drive, and other monthly expenses can get in the way of paying down, so you should increase cash flow.

Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
Mar 4, 20212 min read
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Tidbits and Notes from Playing with FIRE: The Documentary
Playing with FIRE: The Documentary is available on Amazon Prime. The story follows a young couple with a small child who discover the...

Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
Feb 25, 20213 min read
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Steps to Take After an Offer is Accepted
There are preparation steps before buying a home. There are the showings and the offers. It’s easy to think once you have an accepted...

Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
Feb 18, 20215 min read
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Playing with FIRE: My Thoughts
Lauren describes the documentary Playing with FIRE, and tells you where it hit the mark, and where it didn't.

Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
Feb 11, 20214 min read
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How to Find a Home and Make an Offer
The first step in the home buying process isn’t actually to start searching for homes, as discussed in an earlier blog post. When you are...

Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
Feb 4, 20213 min read
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How to Discover Your Why
Guest post by Hannah, creator of https://doughfortomorrow.com/ . Hannah can be reached at hannah@doughfortomorrow.com. Everyone...

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Jan 28, 20214 min read
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Steps to Take Before Even Looking at Homes
Buying a home can be simultaneously the most exciting and the most stressful time in your life. You may think the first step is to start...

Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
Jan 21, 20213 min read
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The 6 Money Personalities
I’ve been fascinated with people’s beliefs about money for a long time, especially my own. It seems like every person’s relationship with...

Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
Jan 14, 20215 min read
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Don't Overpay to Maintain Your Car
When it comes to car maintenance, you can either do preventive maintenance or wait for something to fail and fix it then. Waiting can be...

Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
Jan 7, 20212 min read
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Books to Read to Develop a Personal Finance Mindset
I have read hundreds of books, dozens of which are related to personal finance, business, or real estate. Recently, my husband suggested...

Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
Dec 17, 20202 min read
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AIE's Favorite Quotes from the 12th Edition of A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel
Markets and Market Pricing “[Ninety-five] percent of the significant market gains over a thirty-year period came on 90 of the roughly...

Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
Dec 10, 20205 min read
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4 Steps to Take to Invest According to Your Values
Do you invest according to your values? The idea that you can do good and earn a positive financial return is not a new one, but it is...

Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
Dec 3, 20202 min read
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Highly Recommended Personal Finance Books
In August, I asked my Twitter followers which personal finance books they recommend, and they came through. Do you have any to add? Tweet...

Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
Nov 19, 20201 min read
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Adulting Is Easy's Favorite Quotes from I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi (second edition)
“People love to argue minor points, partially because they feel it absolves them from actually having to do anything.” “[Y]ou don’t have...

Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
Nov 12, 20202 min read
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Even Young People Need Estate Planning
Estate planning is not just for boomers. Even young people need to take steps to get their affairs in order.

Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
Nov 5, 20203 min read
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Is a Personal Loan for Me?
Read this post to learn about personal loans.

Guest Blog
Oct 29, 20205 min read
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Financial Tips for Parents Who Need to Get Things in Order
Sarah Bailey looks at the fundamental areas that parents need to tend to in order to make sure they're on stable financial footing.

Guest Blog
Oct 22, 20203 min read
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How To Save Money When Buying a Fixer Upper
11 Ways To Save When Buying and Renovating a Fixer Upper

Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
Oct 15, 20204 min read
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Adulting Is Easy’s Take on Mortgages
Primary residence? Investment property? When does it make sense to have a mortgage?

Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
Oct 8, 20204 min read
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My Personal Finance Dream Team
These are the people in my life that are contributing to my success: my own dream team.

Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
Oct 1, 20204 min read
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