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		<title>Treating Poor Financial Health</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2010/02/19/treating-poor-financial-health</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know the reasons why I fell into poor financial health.  I know how I got here.  Now I need to develop an action plan to rid me of bad debt and bring me back to financial health.  The treatment needs to be aggressive yet bearable.  I want to liberate myself as soon as possible.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eliminating Bad Debt</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2010/01/29/eliminating-bad-debt</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Debt Reduction]]></category>

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Debt is controlling my life like many Americans and other individuals around the world.  Instead of being a tool to help be live better, it has become burden that weighs me down and slows my progress in life. This bad debt creates anxiety, worry, and fear.  It&#8217;s time to free myself. It is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Year 2010 Goals</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2010/01/16/year-2010-goals</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After editing my goals and tightening their focus, three major goals and a few minor goals remained.  I want to run a sub four hour marathon by the end of the year, rid myself of credit card debt burden, and help my cousin get her business idea into a functioning business.  Smaller goals I pursue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Virtual Garage Sale</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2009/09/25/the-virtual-garage-sale</link>
		<comments>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2009/09/25/the-virtual-garage-sale#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I clear the slate, I need to do something with the things I no longer use or need.  I want to find them a good home.  I also wanted to reclaim some of the money I spent them.  So I decided to have a virtual garage sale.

My dad would not allow me to set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bike Commuting Experiment</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2009/06/11/bike-commuting-experiment</link>
		<comments>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2009/06/11/bike-commuting-experiment#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I started riding for recreation again.  Lately, I&#8217;ve been thinking about commuting on a bike instead of in my car.  I  enjoy driving to work but I also enjoy cycling.  There are so many benefits to commuting on bicycle.  There are many inter-related problems that can be solved by cycling to work.  I just have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Become Wealthy: Maintaining and Living</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2009/05/22/how-to-become-wealthy-maintaining-and-living</link>
		<comments>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2009/05/22/how-to-become-wealthy-maintaining-and-living#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After creating the blueprints and start building your wealth, it&#8217;s time to build and maintain our momentum.
Automate, Streamline, and Focus
Streamlining and automating our finances allows us to focus on goals beyond our finances.  It helps avoid fees, frees up time, and redirect energy to other aspects of our lives.  Take advantage of direct deposit from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Become Wealthy: Building and Constructing Wealth</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2009/05/15/how-to-become-wealthy-building-and-constructing-wealth</link>
		<comments>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2009/05/15/how-to-become-wealthy-building-and-constructing-wealth#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 15:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once we get the blueprints finalized, it&#8217;s time to work on creating wealth.  In this step, we will be doing the following:

Generating Income
Paying Ourselves Firstand Budgeting
Being Fiscally Frugal


Generating Income
Your journey may vary.  It has to be funded somehow.   There are three ways we can generate income to fund out dreams and continue our journey to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Become Wealthy: Blueprints</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2009/05/08/how-to-become-wealthy-blueprints</link>
		<comments>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2009/05/08/how-to-become-wealthy-blueprints#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 14:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most schools never taught us how to be wealthy nor did our parents, social groups, and mass media.  Creating opportunity, security, and happiness.  Allows us to invest time and money on what we love and our passions.  Here is a brief description on how to become wealthy based on what I&#8217;ve read at the library [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Charity for 2009?</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2009/04/27/which-charity-for-2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2009/04/27/which-charity-for-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Live Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I plan to be a charity runner for the Chicago Marathon.  I&#8217;m not sure which organization I want to raise money for.  Last year I raised money for two great causes.  It was tough raising the money so I might focus my energy on one group.  The question is which organization?  Children&#8217;s Memorial Hospital, American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting an Old Friend</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2009/04/21/visiting-an-old-friend</link>
		<comments>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2009/04/21/visiting-an-old-friend#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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I visited an old friend a few Saturdays ago.  I haven&#8217;t seen her in years.  It was my fault.  I wanted to introduce her to a girl that I was seeing at the time but that girl didn&#8217;t want to meet my friend.  My friend didn&#8217;t care. Although she changed in appearance, she&#8217;s still the [...]]]></description>
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