Saving your nest egg

PLANNING AHEAD: Secure the future of your family and loved ones.
PLANNING AHEAD: Secure the future of your family and loved ones.

KARABO was at home reviewing the monthly household bills on her desk.

She and her husband, Tebogo, have been living in their home for six years and are the proud parents of three lovely children.

Karabo was worried because for the past few months her family seemed to struggle with keeping their finances on track.

As she reviewed the household bills she wondered to herself how she and her husband could go about improving their family finances.

Well, Karabo might want to consider some of these tips to assist her family with improving their finances:

- Consider having a meeting with the entire family to discus your household finances.

Keep in mind that each member of your household has an important role to play in keeping the family on track to improving your finances.

The earlier your children start learning about finances the more educated and knowledgeable they will become about handling their own personal finances for the future.

- Schedule bi-weekly or monthly meetings with your family to keep everyone abreast with how or what all of you are doing to improve your family finances.

Be open to new ideas and adjustments that may be needed to improve your family finances along the way.

This will assist your family in accomplishing the financial goals you have established for yourselves.

- Try writing down all your family income and expenses for a few months to see where your money is going.

This might assist you with tracking your expenses to determine if changes are needed to your budget.

- Before you buy an item, consider your family first.

Make sure the item you are thinking of purchasing is something that your family really needs and you have already budgeted for this particular expenditure.

Remember to also determine whether or not the purchase you are considering is really a need instead of something you want.

- Consider teaching your children the importance of saving their money, planning and budgeting for items they are looking to purchase.

- Make sure that your spouse or significant other is aware of where important documents are kept, location and information on all financial accounts, safety deposit box location, employment information, etc.

You both want to ensure that you are fully prepared to handle personal and family affairs should a traumatic event, such as death or disability occur.

A traumatic event could be worse without having knowledge of important information you may need to know.

By using these tips Karabo and her family will be well on their way to improving their financial goals. - personal-finance-tips-for-you.com

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