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Even though we like to think of the holidays as a time of fun and family, the truth is that there is also a great deal of stress attached to this time of the year. From entertaining to buying gifts to travel, the stresses on your budget can cause anxiety and worry during a time that is ostensibly about happiness and family togetherness. This time, before you succumb to financial stress, considering these points may just help you enjoy the holidays more.

Why are You Feeling Financial Stress?

While some may be feeling financial stresses due to economic realities, such as job loss or some sort of unforeseen financial catastrophe, there are many of us who experience self-imposed stress during the holidays.

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Do you wish that the Holidays weren’t so darn commercialized? Are you starting to think that it may be time to cut scale back or cut off gift giving, but don’t quite know how to make the transition?

Here is my story on how I came to the realization that gifting was wearing out its welcome and how I’ve tried (at times unsuccessfully) to spread the anti-commercialization message to my family and friends.

Video Games, and Toys, and Candy, Oh My!

Growing up, like just about any other kid, I absolutely loved getting presents. I had a list of video games, VHS tapes, CD’s, toys, and anything else a kid would want. I’d go

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You can always make money, but you can never make time.

We talk about money here ALL THE TIME with good reason. Yet, the root of our problems was never the lack of funds. We know how to make money. We already do it every day.

You might not like how you it, but you get up, work and bring home an income. Some people earn more, some less but everybody earns something.

If we had more time, we can always make more money.

Oh I can hear the naysayers already. “Oh I have time. I’m just too tired to earn a side income.” No, you aren’t. You are just lazy.

But let’s forget about laziness for a second too. If you ha

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It’s been a month since Mint.com was officially acquired by Intuit, and I wanted to take a moment to let you know the plan for Quicken Online – and what it means for you, our Quicken Online users.

Aaron Patzer

You may have read that we’ve decided to “end of life” Quicken Online, which is true – but not before our dedicated team of engineers from the Personal Finance Group here at Intuit combine the best of both Quicken Online and Mint.com into a single product: Mint.com from Quicken.

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Further evidence to Canada’s strengthening recovery came in the form of the monthly employment report indicating 79,000 new jobs were created in the month of November. T

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I don’t think there’s anything quite like coming home for the holidays for some warm holiday cheer.  Family and friends make the festive season truly special. In fact, whenever I hear Perry Como singing “Home For The Holidays” it still brings me back to my college days when I traveled home on my winter breaks.  It was a simpler time back then and one that I truly treasured. However, I wasn’t able to benefit by merely flying home like students today. I couldn’t use the cost of my flight to score some sweet merchandise, but you can.  You can be rewarded for coming home for the holidays.

How do you plan on getting home this year? Train, plane, or automobile? Hopeful

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