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Our Big Financial Goal for 2016

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Choose Thrift First. I have made a pact with myself that if I don’t already own something that I need, I will either: make do with what I have, find said item at a thrift store, borrow, or forget about it. We will cut back, but it is unrealistic for me to say we won’t eat out at all this year. Restaurants.

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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year-old Honda Odyssey needed four new tires, but before we bought them, we started looking for a vehicle from 2016 or 2017. We didn’t have enough cash though and would need to take out a partial loan. We also started shopping around for a new-to-us vehicle.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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We hit our Annual Household Portion (kind of like a deductible) of $10,000 with Medi-Share in 2017 when our daughter had an unexpected medical condition arise that required multiple tests, 3 surgeries, and medication. An Update on Medi-Share – September 2017. Choose Thrift First. 2017 Update. Plan our Spending.