Craft Ideas Blog

April 2007

I did it! I am a college grad class of 2007. It feels good to be done, but at the same time I am sad to leave. BYU campus, fellow students, and teachers have treated me well. To anyone who can’t decide whether or not BYU would be for them, well…for what it is worth–I [...]

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Family Finance Part I: Earning Family Finance Part II: Saving Spending is a necessary evil (more like pleasure for most of us…). But, smart spending isn’t innate. We must teach our children how to earn, save, and spend smart! The first thing to do is to talk about budgeting. Budgeting is essential to keep track [...]

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Family Finance Part I: Earning Family Finance Part III: Spending Saving money is another key to having a financially secure future, which is what we all want for ourselves and for our families. Start teaching your children to save money when they are young. I live by the following rule: Set aside 10% of all [...]

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Family Finance Part II: Saving Family Finance Part III: Spending The family is a perfect laboratory for teaching the value of work. Work is perhaps the most valuable skill we can gain because it determines so much about the quality of our lives. Hard working people usually end up with high paying jobs or they [...]

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