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Tips for Managing Your Time

Do you often feel there aren’t enough hours in the day? More often than not poor time management is to blame for us not being able to accomplish all that we would like to. Fortunately there are helpful ways we can use our time much more productively.

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Retirement Planning Crystal Lee Butler, MBA Retirement Planning Crystal Lee Butler, MBA

The SECURE Act

At the end of December 2019, Congress passed a funding resolution for the government which averted a shutdown.  The intentions of this law are generally noble--to help more employees fund their senior years with workplace retirement plans which allow participants to save more money than they would through a typical IRA alone.  But it also provides some significant changes which individuals and planners alike are going to have to wade through in the coming years.

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End-of-Life Planning: Does Your Family Know Your Wishes?

End-of-Life planning should be a priority, it is the process of making critical decisions about how you want your healthcare, medical treatment, and personal care to be handled should you become unable to think or speak for yourself.

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