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Yearly Financial Tuneup

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This is almost a duplicate of what I posted last year. It's still a great article, and the ideas are still worthwhile. My additional comments for this year are italicized. In March of 2010 The New York Times posted an article titled 31 Steps to a Financial Tuneup .  It's still available and is an interactive site, allowing you to check off the ones you finish. It also gives estimated time for each step. I consider it one of the best sites out there for yearly financial planning. The following list has a couple personal recommendations. Other than that, it comes directly from the New York Times site. A. If you go to church check your tithing amount. If you aren't giving ten percent, bump it up a little bit to get closer to the ten percent goal. You should know all the good your church does with the money. If you don't, think about a different church! (~ 5 minutes) If you don't believe in a personal God, then you're probably on the wrong blog post, bu