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2012 Financial Goals

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We are still working through some numbers and there might be some adjustments in the timelines we have given ourselves, but these are our financial priorities for 2012. Our 2012 Financial Goals. Increase Family Emergency Fund to Six Months Salary. We want to go to Walt Disney World in the fall of 2012 or spring of 2013.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

Family Balance Sheet

The journey started in 2012 when we bought an office building for our business and then found ourselves with a lot of debt and not enough cash flow. We still have a mortgage, so we’re technically not DEBT-FREE, but we paid off over 6 figures of business debts and student loans since 2012 and have wiped out our NON-mortgage debt.

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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Our business has definitely been affected with no end in sight. I have written often about the importance of an emergency fund. Finances after the Pandemic: We went through a rough time back in 2012/2013 and we wrote our Debt Freedom Plan as a result of it. Being self-employed, we need the security that it offers.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

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Locations that are desirable by definition attract highly qualified people in all fields, so your chances of landing a job in one are very poor. Danielle from Saving Without A Budget shares 5 Smart Investing Tips for 2012. Specifically, how important emergency fund planning was for a couple with a veterinary emergency at their home.”

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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How we got to six figures of non-mortgage debt: In the summer of 2012, we found an opportunity to purchase an office building for our small business. I don’t make a lot of income on this blog, and it has definitely decreased recently as I’ve reduced my hours spent blogging. Also, we both have side hustles.

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