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Introduction
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Getting Started: Why Am I Even Reading This, I Don't Have Time!
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Spending and Saving: I'm Too Busy to Budget, Fuhgeddaboudit
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Wipe Out Your Debt: Financial Ecology: Use Your Money, Don't Throw It Away
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Your Safety Net: I Really Don't Mean to Scare You, But...
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Buying a House: At Last-A Way Through the Mortgage Maze
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Paying for College: College! Yikes! No Way Can I Save That Much
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Better Investing: Good News: The Smartest Investments Are the Simplest Ones
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Wrapping Up: Keeping Score, Keeping Track, Keeping Cool
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Appendix
The Ballpark Estimate
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Acknowledgments
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Index
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