Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 4, 2014

Welcome to Debt Free Stories! With tuition payments and debt payments we spent about $60,395 between January 2012 and March 2014 when we became completely debt free with two bachelor’s and two master’s degrees between us. What inspired you to get debt free? Who initiated the debt free goal?

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Debt Free Debt Goals Student 243

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

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. A lot of life happened over 7 years and our plan changed slightly, but our goal remains to achieve complete freedom from debt. Our 2019 Financial Goal. 1st Update in June 2014.

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Debt 2019 Financial Goals Emergency Fund 100

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JANUARY 10, 2012

A sunny day in the middle of January called us outdoors. When my husband and I are focused on our goals , we nail them. But for the two of us to achieve our financial goals, we need to have money conversations and they need to be done regularly. The third section is for our 2012 Financial Goals. Thanks for reading.

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Finance Financial Goals Goals C&H 138

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NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Our goal is to NOT put our Christmas purchases on a credit card. January will be one giant nightmare when the credit card bills start rolling in. Hopefully, that’s your goal too. The series was inspired by my own problem with not having enough cash at Christmas in 2012. 10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas.

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Christmas Finds Part Time Thrift Stores 235

Saving Everyday

APRIL 24, 2012

Starting January 2012, we set up an automatic withdraw to a new “vacation savings account” of $25 a week. In years past, my goal each year was to pay for our trips entirely with ”free” money! Buy everything you can online so you get FREE cash back for your purchases.

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March Disney Friends And Family Sale Vacation 86

Saving Everyday

JULY 13, 2012

A few years ago, I made it my personal obsession goal to see if I could completely pay for our Disney trips with “free money” and I’ve accomplished that goal every year but once (I was only a couple hundred dollars short). Here we go… Disney Trip 2012 – Total Savings Goal = $2555.35.

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Disney Hotel Goals Money 83

Finally Frugal

MAY 30, 2012

My goal is to pay my loans down to $20,000 by the end of the year (an ambitious goal, for sure) so in January I can sell my stock and pay it all off once and for all! My student loans are now down to $39,071 !!!! I started the year at around $49,300 so I think I'm doing well for being five months into the year. this CAN be done.

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Debt Student TV shows Goals 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

Since there seems to be so much in the news lately about credit cards- the good ones, the bad ones, the ugly ones, the fee free ones, the reward ones, the secured ones, etc. The College Investor: Start Automatic Investing in 2012 – How you can automate your investing in 2012 the easy way. Read away my friends.

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Credit Cards Credit Finance Personal Finance 220

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JANUARY 16, 2013

So on January 1, 2011, I made the bold goal to run my first half marathon that year. In 2012, I made the bold goal to run TWO half marathons. This year's goal is to improve my time and run in less than 2 hours. Several more months went by and I kept thinking about our conversation. I hope you'll join me!

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Goals October 2011 Sprint 127

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FEBRUARY 25, 2013

On the 25th of every month from January to November in 2012, I'm holding a viral meeting for the Christmas Savings Club. The goal for this monthly accountability meeting is to give updates on our progress, motivate one another and help all of us save for a cash Christmas. My monthly goal is $100. On with the meeting.

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February Club Christmas Goals 100