If you’re trying to achieve financial independence or just keep better track of your money, you need to be using a budget. It’s non-negotiable. While there are plenty of budgeting apps out there, you ...

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Windows may get all the attention, but when you want to get real work done, you turn to the applications that run on it. And if you use spreadsheets, that generally means Excel. Excel is, of course, ...