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 + JMJ  A Reblog from May: Managing Personal Finances By Royal Canadian Mint (via Wikpedia), Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35281220 Intro Decades ago I was introduced to a financial manager and agreed to sit down and look at my finances. We met in my one bedroom apartment and his first question was:  "How are you managing your debt?" My answer caught him by surprised: "Aggressively!!!" He was so impressed by this response that he passed it on to your colleagues back at the office. He then asked if I had a budget and I produced a Hilroy 20.3 x 12.7cm accounting ledger and we went through my budget. He noticed that my budget came up in the red and I explained that I was paid weekly and budgeted monthly, which meant that I had a buffer. I think that my attitude towards money comes from observing life as the youngest of five and comparing it to the lives of my schoolmates.  We lived modestly, we didn't have a usable car until I was 13 and used...

 + JMJ NTS: This is a first draft that I am posting so I can see the errors and fix them later. I will remove this noticed after a week or so.  P^3    NTS Oct 15, 2022: Well it has been months since I posted this article and I finally reviewed and polished it up a bit :-). I will reblog on Oct 17, 2022  P^3 By Royal Canadian Mint (via Wikpedia), Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35281220 Intro Decades ago I was introduced to a financial manager and agreed to sit down and look at my finances. We met in my one bedroom apartment and his first question was:  "How are you managing your debt?" My answer caught him by surprised: "Aggressively!!!" He was so impressed by this response that he passed it on to your colleagues back at the office. He then asked if I had a budget and I produced a Hilroy 20.3 x 12.7cm accounting ledger and we went through my budget. He noticed that my budget came up in the red and I explained that I was paid weekly and ...