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Our 2018 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

Did you make 2018 financial goals ? Our 2 Main Financial Goals for 2018: 1 – Finish the will. We’d like to start saving for it in 2018, if possible. The Guidelines for 2018: 1. However, we could use a year of extra thriftiness to find any extra funds to accelerate the $10k. Be Exceptionally Frugal.

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

Family Balance Sheet

We dramatically reduced our spending by cutting our cable TV and landline , shopping thrifty, eating out less often , and lowering our grocery bill. Where our mortgage enters the equation: We bought our modest home in September 2001, before home prices soared and inevitably, tanked. Projected pay off date December 2018.

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