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How Is Your Personal Financial Pie Sliced?
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Monday, 02 June 2008 14:57

Vowing to get on a firm financial footing is the stuff of New Year’s resolutions and like many pledges-to-self, often falls by the wayside.

And resolutions fail because they are often made as all-or-nothing propositions. So, why not approach your fiscal fitness program incrementally? You may know where you want to go – more savings, less debt – but where should you start? I know – because I’ve done it myself – that finding out where you stand is the best first step on your financial journey, regardless of the destination you have in mind.


And for that I like Mint.com: think of it as an individual financial GPS that’s easy to use and understand and -- even better -- free to users. (Being free makes excellent financial sense!)

Once you enter all your information on Mint.com, which is safe to do because it’s anonymous on their end, you’ll know exactly how much you owe, spend (and where you spend it) and save.

And here's the best part: after taking this first step, you'll have a better idea of how to reach your destination, but you don't have to do anything right away. You take the next step when your ready.

 

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written by Mary, June 02, 2008
Is this like Quickbooks? If so, great idea. I will have to check it out. I would love to have a mapping of whats going out and whats coming in. Thanks for the tip!

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Jane Dough

Jane Dough is Daily Cent's own resident personal finance expert who knows that women have to balance more than just their checkbooks! Her mission is to help Daily Cents readers make sense of investing, budgeting, saving for retirement and education, real estate and taxes and to have a little fun along the way. Meaning: no lectures! After all, it’s about more than the bucks.