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Project Money 18: Meet Dakota and Beau

June 22, 2026 Welcome to our project money journey! We are Beau and Dakota! Beau works for the Village of Pardeeville, and is on the volunteer fire department for the village. I, Dakota, work for American Family Insurance, and love gardening in my free time. We love the outdoors and are raising our daughter the same way! Now let’s get into what we have accomplished thus far.We have had our initial meeting with the financial coach in the beginning of June. Now that we have that information, we have learned where our habits lie and why we joined! We are so excited to get things going with the program!To start the process, we will be going through our regular monthly expenses to determine what we could do without and how to lower monthly bills. We will also set a monthly goal to add to our savings after necessary expenses are taken care of. This will include decreasing unnecessary spending, which we know is easier said than done.With our long-term goal of purchasing a home, we know this is an important time to get a grasp on our spending and reduce unnecessary debt.It takes some effort and organization to maintain healthy spending habits, but we are up for the challenge! We can’t wait to see where things go because we want to be able to set our daughter up for a better financial future!Come follow us along for our project money journey! You might also be interested in A couple begins their Project Money journey, building better habits, cutting spending, and working toward buying their first home...