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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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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. Yes, I did follow a few of Dave Ramsey’s strategies, but I also starting reading other finance blogs to see how they paid off debt so quickly. Many of their ideas were inspiring and their stories continued to motivate me through the entire process.

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

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If you figure that out you can then work to find healthier ways to fill the void and you can free yourself permanently from the bonds of debt. We tend to get so wrapped up wishing and dreaming about the end result that we never start the process. We’ve been paying off non-mortgage debts since 2013.