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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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While we don’t regret the decision to pause retirement contributions, since it’s a big reason why we were able to pay off so much debt, we did start to feel uneasy. We’re no spring chickens, so in November 2016, we started contributing again to our retirement. In 2020, we still use and are thankful for Medi-share.

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

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Meet The Achievers: Deacon and his wife paid off $52,000 in debt in 18 months. She hit that goal in September 2016. Elle and her husband paid off a car loan and saved cash for their next car. That’s a lot of time, but our non-mortgage debt totaled six figures, so we broke our debt into smaller chunks.