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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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To ease my anxiety about our new loans, we took the Financial Peace University home course and it changed how we thought about debt. We loosely based our plan on Dave Ramsey’s 7 Baby Steps, but modified them to address our needs and lifestyle. Our 2019 Financial Goal. We can now move on to other financial goals.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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He calls it his 7 Baby Steps. We also didn’t feel comfortable with Dave’s suggestion of a $1000 starter emergency fund, which is his step #1. 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.

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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. If not, we’ll start saving in 2019.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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In September 2019, my husband and I accomplished our biggest financial goal in our almost 20 years of marriage. Overwhelmed with everything, I wrote our first Debt Freedom Plan based on Dave Ramey’s 7 Baby Step strategy but tailored to our lifestyle. The Heavy Hitters: 1. We increased our income.

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