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5 Steps to CRUSH Debt + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

Family Balance Sheet

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. Our journey to debt freedom started back in 2013 when we found ourselves saddled with business and student loans. If debt freedom is your goal , what can you accomplish THIS year?

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

The season of family, faith, food, and…shopping… collective sigh… The spending part of Christmas can get crazy, so I’ve come up with a list of ideas to find some extra cash for your Christmas spending if you’re coming up short. Our goal is to NOT put our Christmas purchases on a credit card.

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2012 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

We talked through some issues and opportunities for our business and our personal, family, and financial goals. Our 2012 Financial Goals. We have set a goal date of July 2015 to pay off all of our debt. My husband and I have some ideas about how much we want to contribute and we definitely need to devise a game plan this year.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

The season of family, faith, food and…shopping… collective sigh… The spending part of Christmas can get crazy, so I’ve come up with a list of last minute ideas to find some extra cash for your Christmas spending. Our goal is to NOT put our Christmas purchases on a credit card. Please share in the comments.

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

Family Balance Sheet

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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A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Wish

Family Balance Sheet

What looked like a great idea on paper, was turning out to be very challenging. I manage the finances for our business and our family and by August 2013, I felt the weight of the situation. At my age, my parents had 20 years of kid-free living ahead of them to focus on their own career goals and to save for their retirement.

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4 Ways to Enhance Your Financial New Year’s Resolutions

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. If you have a partner and/or a family, it’s a good idea to make your plans together. Get help setting financial goals, and working toward them.