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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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The Importance Of Setting Financial New Year’s Goals

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In fact, one of my favorite things to do at the end of December each year is to set financial goals for the new year. I’m convinced that I’ve had such good luck achieving many of my financial goals because I write them down and keep myself accountable. The most important step is to create realistic goals.

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

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And 2015 is no different. My husband and I make some financial goals at the start of every year. Tantrum aside, it’s still going to take years, but there is room for us to make some considerable progress in 2015. In 2015, I will be sharing our journey to significantly reduce our debt. My Themes for 2015: 1.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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The journey started in 2012 when we bought an office building for our business and then found ourselves with a lot of debt and not enough cash flow. Our 2019 Financial Goal. We can now move on to other financial goals. DONE 2015. Our Debt Freedom Plan has been a long winding road. 1st Update in June 2014.

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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. What are your financial goals for 2018 and beyond?

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Create your debt freedom plan

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The point of the starter emergency fund is to get you through until you pay off your non-mortgage debts, at which point, you build a more extensive fund. We also had some building repairs that we needed to cash flow. So often, we don’t dream about our financial goals, because we are so entrenched in our challenges.

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

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We would build up hundreds of dollars on amazon through opinion outpost or My Survey between the two of us and this covered birthdays, Christmas and even covered the majority of my text books for graduate school. What are your financial goals now? Currently our goal is to max out both of our Roth IRA accounts each year.

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