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5 Steps to CRUSH Debt + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

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Did you make a goal to pay off debt this year? For many years, we made a yearly goal to chip away at our six figures of non-mortgage debt. It took us years to pay it all off, but we achieved it in 2019. 2 – Create your Debt Freedom Plan. This list became our personal Debt Freedom Plan.

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

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After graduating with our bachelor’s degrees Jon and I had about $36,000 in debt between us. We also were working on paying for Jon’s master’s degree and then my own masters degree, which I completed in December 2013. The first step in this diligence was paying off debt.

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5 Steps to Crush Debt in 2016 + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

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We need to find/earn even more money each month to throw at the debt to make our goal by December 31, 2016. It’s a crazy goal, but I like a challenge and I’m looking forward to our reward when everything is paid off. So I concocted an idea to pay them off early and wrote our Debt Freedom Plan.

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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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I interviewed several personal finance bloggers that have conquered their past financial goals and continue to challenge themselves going forward. It can be difficult to watch others succeed with their goals. My husband and I also have a goal of debt freedom, but we’ve put together micro-S.M.A.R.T. ” Pay off Debt.

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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. It was like 40 feet away from me and I watched the entire thing. Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living? Another book that really helped was The Debt-Free Spending Plan by JoAnnah Nagler.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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By the summer of 2013, we found ourselves in a pickle–we had too much debt and not enough cash flow. Overwhelmed with everything, I wrote our first Debt Freedom Plan based on Dave Ramey’s 7 Baby Step strategy but tailored to our lifestyle. Read: How We Watch Great TV without Cable. We increased our income.

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