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My Word for 2019

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So will 2019 be any different for me? My word for 2019 is REDUCE. My plan is for 2019 to be different. I ran my 10th half marathon in 2018 and have 2 more races planned for 2019. However, I ran a half marathon in less than 2 hours once back in 2013 with a time of 1:57. In fact, I turn 50 in 2019.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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Our 2019 Financial Goal. Happy New Year’s 2019: In January 2019, we were down to one final non-mortgage loan, so we created just one financial goal for the year—-to pay off that last non-mortgage debt by December. Our Debt Freedom Plan (October 2019 Update): Exact numbers have been omitted at this time.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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Listed below is our original debt freedom plan that we wrote back in 2013. Number 4 was knocked out in 2019. We sent our very last payment to my husband’s student loan in September 2019, the same month I turned 50. Our Debt Freedom Plan – written in 2013. Update: DONE Sept 2019!! DONE November 2019.

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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Storm #2: 2013. August 2013 was a month that I’d like to wipe from my memory. But in August 2013 , our business softened, renovations to our new building were more costly than planned, and we were now the owners of two mortgages: our home and our business. I still use my spreadsheet to this day! Yep, life was good.

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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

I think I started reading FG regularly in 2018 or 2019. My husband and I bought our first home in 2013 when interest rates and housing prices were pretty low. , baking, library storytimes, and being involved in our church’s Bible study, meals for the sick, and other various ministries. canned peaches = summer in a jar 2.

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My 2020 Financial Goals & A Recap of 2019

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However, 2019 was the first year that I found a word that I could stand by. I adored my word and everything about what I was trying to achieve for 2019. By the end of 2019, I achieved one major bullet point and the others will continue to be a work in progress. ALSO our 2019 Financial Goal!). 4 – Reduce my sweets.

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5 Steps to CRUSH Debt + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

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It took us years to pay it all off, but we achieved it in 2019. Our journey to debt freedom started back in 2013 when we found ourselves saddled with business and student loans. For many years, we made a yearly goal to chip away at our six figures of non-mortgage debt.

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