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If you have a budget--more specifically, if you track your spending--you have the data you need to track changes in your own personal cost of living. That's a lot more useful
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Today we found things you can save for retirement besides money, ways social media is making you poor, and changes to the homebuying process that you need to know about.
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Every day I read about 60-70 personal finance/frugal living blogs. Through the help of many of our online friends, I have been fortunate enough to put my personal finance position