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2012 Financial Goals

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We talked through some issues and opportunities for our business and our personal, family, and financial goals. 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.

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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. We can now move on to other financial goals. 1st Update in June 2014. 2018 Update.

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3 Monthly Expenses to Reduce Without Feeling a Sacrifice

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We want to achieve our financial goals, but still enjoy life. Cutting cable is definitely a big step, but it you’re ready to take the leap, find out How We Watch Great TV Without Cable. In 2013, our average monthly grocery spending was $635. We want to have our cake and eat it too. Gym Membership.

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

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In January 2013 there was a blog post on Keeper of the Home that first awakened me to the concept of living debt free. Definitely getting in the routine of making a zero-based budget EVERY MONTH and reviewing our finances together is an important habit we picked up that will be key to meeting all our financial goals.

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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. Our Debt Freedom Plan – written in 2013. Begin by both of you reading Dave Ramsey’s book, The Total Money Makeover (affiliate link) , as this book was definitely instrumental in directing us along. A lot has changed since we wrote this plan.

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Meet Carrie. She Paid Off $14,000 in Debt in 14 Months.

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Yep, we’re newlyweds and eloped together in December 2013. He leaves most of the financial goals up to me, but we make the decisions together. On the flip side, I ate a lot of cheap food while I was paying off debt, and definitely don’t do that now. What are your financial goals now?

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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In September 2019, my husband and I accomplished our biggest financial goal in our almost 20 years of marriage. By the summer of 2013, we found ourselves in a pickle–we had too much debt and not enough cash flow. It was so big that I cried for two days straight– we paid off six figures in non-mortgage debts.

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