By now you’ve put in a lot of work defining your goals, prioritizing them and calculating the costs. It’s finally time to implement!
Here’s the steps we’ve already covered:

Step 1: Brainstorming
Step 2: Assigning Numerical Values
Step 3: Calculating Total Cost
Step 4: Reflecting on Priorities and Values
Step 5: Fit Your Goals To Your Budget

Step 6: Track Your Progress
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Posted June 12, 2008 in Your Dollar Plan | No Comments »

Now that you’ve aligned your goals and your values it’s time to fit them in with the rest of your monthly budget. This piece is actually easier than you would think since you’ve put so much thought into the work you’ve done up to this point.
If you’re joining us in progress, here’s the work [...]

Posted May 29, 2008 in Your Dollar Plan | 2 Comments »

It’s time for Step 4 in the series! I like this step because you are truly aligning where your money goes to your values. Nothing feels better than putting your money towards your true desires.
Previous Steps:

Step 1: Brainstorming
Step 2: Assigning Numerical Values
Step 3: Calculating Total Cost

Step 4: Reflecting on priorities and values.
Reflect. Once you [...]

Posted May 22, 2008 in Your Dollar Plan | 2 Comments »

If you like numbers, step 3 should be a fun one! If you are following along with the series, you should have your brainstorming from step 1 and your grid of goals from step 2 done.
Step 3: Calculating Total Cost
This step will probably take the longest of all the steps. Give yourself some extra [...]

Posted May 8, 2008 in Your Dollar Plan | 3 Comments »

Now that you have step 1 complete and have a nice list of goals, it’s time to put the goals in a working order.
Step 2: Assigning Numerical Values
This isn’t necessarily a priority order, but rather an order to work on the goals as you fit them together in your dollar plan. Consider it the [...]

Posted May 1, 2008 in Your Dollar Plan | No Comments »