Personal Narrative: My Personal Financial Goals

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Personal Financial Goals – Part
The thought of looking at your personal finances can be horrifying. Am I going to meet my debt commitments? Will I have enough to retire? The Quick family has seen the low side of financial happiness as well as been very blessed. Following are the financial goals in the short term, intermediate and long term.
Our short term goals are to pay all bills, buy groceries and have a small entertainment budget monthly. We paid off a motorcycle so what would have been that payment we are going to take a portion of that money and do small home improvement projects like flooring and wall coverings, while putting the rest into an emergency fund.
Intermediate goals are to continue my education and begin to pay two hundred

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