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The print version of Year Ahead/Year in Review, A Couples Guide to Dream Big, Plan Smart & Live Well is available on Amazon or Barnes & Noble . You can also download the e-book to read on your computer or handheld device.


What people are saying about Year Ahead/Year in Review:

“Pat Chiappa’s guide, Year Ahead/Year in Review: A Couples Guide to Dream Big, Plan Smart and Live Well makes the daunting process of planning easy — and even enjoyable!

While the concept is fairly basic, Pat’s approach is not. Rather than view planning as a chore, she views it as an empowering tool to help you turn your dreams into reality.  It’s about focusing on what you want and how you will get there, much more so than focusing on what you don’t have!

Best of all, Pat’s guide doesn’t require you to sign up for pricey seminars or products.  You’ll find examples of budget and goal planning templates on Pat’s website, but remember to customize it for yourself.

As Pat reminds us, we should not underestimate the power of the written word.  Nobody’s perfect, but just by taking the proactive step to keep track of your monthly budget, you will empower yourself to change the course of the rest of your financial future.  Pat’s call to all of us is to make next year ‘our best year yet’. “  – Stephanie Berenbaum – Fabulous & Frugal

“It is a very quick read and I found that within a week I was planning to put the book’s suggestions into action. My husband was suprised to discover that it isn’t just a book about “budgeting” rather it’s about “life planning”. Very motivational!” – Julie from Santa Rosa, CA

Read Excerpts from Year Ahead/Year in Review:

Making it Work For You

A Good Time to Begin

The Gift of Time

Year Ahead/Year in Review, A Couples Guide to Dream Big, Plan Smart & Live Well, reveals a method of planning that encourage couples to speak to each other in an open and honest way when discussing and planning what they really want their future to look like together.

As I write in my introduction:

“Years of talking, planning, dreaming, deciding, committing, examining and celebrating have made us the grateful couple we are today, in that it has given us a life that is the complete fulfillment of our dreams. It has been our experience that taking the time to honor and plan a future together is the key to success, both as a couple and individually.”

It’s true!

Year Ahead/Year in Review, A Couples Guide to Dream Big, Plan Smart & Live Well, is about implementing, and not just talking about, what you dream and wish for.  That perspective is intertwined with helping you become the whole person and the successful couple you were meant to be. The guide leads you along with practical steps while presenting real life examples – as well as exercises and worksheets designed to help you create and build your life plan.

While not a financial planning guide, Year Ahead/Year in Review, does touch on subjects like budgeting and savings, so that month by month, you create a realistic life map. Your work is based on both your dreams and aspirations, backed by the reality of your numbers, which will steer you towards the life you decide to live. Your life plan becomes an ongoing source of guidance as you strive to identify and then achieve your long and short term goals while at the same time, meeting your emotional, mental and spiritual needs.

Free template – Sample Monthly Household Budget - Year Ahead Year in Review TEMPLATES

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