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

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Wonder what sets you apart from the people that seem to crush their financial goals? These folks didn’t corner the market on goal success either, instead they just got the task DONE. Their 2017 goal is to boost their savings rate and get their expenses down to $30,000 a year as they work towards financial independence.

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4 Ways to Enhance Your Financial New Year’s Resolutions

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A little education — and the application of the things you learn — can go a long way toward helping you set and keep financial goals that yield good returns. Get help setting financial goals, and working toward them. For 2014, my goal is to work on my dividend/income portfolio. Money Tips'

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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Did you make 2018 financial goals ? My husband and I discussed some ideas over our holiday break and we decided on 2 solid must-achieve financial goals for the year. If we complete them early, we’ll move on to 2 additional goals that are on our radar. Our Debt Freedom Plan (2013).

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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. In 2013, our average monthly grocery spending was $635. For my system, read my 11 Simple Meal Planning Tips. But one thing we didn’t want to do was feel like we were living a life of “lack” or sacrifice. Gym Membership.

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How to Create a Family Balance Sheet + Get a FREE one for your family!

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My Excel spreadsheet listed our short-term and long-term account balances, our debts, and our short-term and long-term financial goals. Personally, our goal is to OWN more than we OWE and to eventually OWE zero. 5 Tips to Start Fighting about Money in your Marriage. It showed him what we OWE and what we OWN.

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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. What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt. What are your financial goals now? Read more about Shannon’s debt free journey.

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