<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/dedc619c-59bf-4a7c-a46b-a815ee403e8f/645EE158-6B98-4F34-85C1-20646EF95A8E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.healthyfinancialhabits.com/balancing-your-checkbook-in-the-21st-century/" href="http://www.healthyfinancialhabits.com/balancing-your-checkbook-in-the-21st-century/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.healthyfinancialhabits.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.healthyfinancialhabits.com/balancing-your-checkbook-in-the-21st-century/"><P>In a previous blog  <A href="http://www.healthyfinancialhabits.com/?p=16">Why a High Interest Checking Account?</A> I discussed some advantages and disadvantages of using smaller community banks and credit unions. Today I would like to discuss a simple concept yet pertinent to your financial health and that is balancing a check book.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.healthyfinancialhabits.com/balancing-your-checkbook-in-the-21st-century/"><P>It continues to amaze me how many people I meet that tell me that they keep no records of their spending. Coincidentally these are also the same people who have no idea where all their money disappears to and frequently receive overdraft notices in the mail. I simply can not stress enough the importance of keeping <EM>accurate</EM> records of your spending. By doing so you can examine your spending habits and plug any holes that leak hard earned cash. This information has several other uses such as planning a budget, saving for an event, or cutting expenditures due to loss of income.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/645EE158-6B98-4F34-85C1-20646EF95A8E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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