Blake: 54% of Americans said they are not willing to cut back on summer vacation plans to save money. -USATODAY (How about you?)less than a minute ago via CoTweet 
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This stat makes me feel sad for two reasons.
1) Our priorities are in the wrong place if going to Disneyland is more important than paying the power bill.
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2) If people would just wake up and get on board, they'd realize something amazing: YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE UP VACATIONS!
Don't get it twisted (that's me being "street"). It doesn't mean that you can go to Cancun for two weeks and not feel the hurt.
What I'm saying is that you don't have to give up everything. If you do the difficult things, you get to do the fun things later.
Scrimp and save. Cut coupons. Make and keep a budget. Stop going out to eat so much!
Do all those things (and do them religiously!) and not only will you be able to take a smartly-budgeted vacation...you will deserve one!
Being smart with your money doesn't mean you can't have fun anymore. It does mean less fun (for now anyway), and it does mean getting your priorities in order.
How are your priorities?
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