Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 9, 2021
Many years ago, my husband and I faced what we thought was an insurmountable hurdle– six figures of non-mortgage debts. Prior to FPU, we thought we were doing well financially and never considered that we had too much debt. But Dave Ramsey’s view of debt is very different. Debt is Dumb and Cash is King.”. “…and
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 6, 2020
For many households, their finances and budgets are in limbo. How Our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic. We’d survived the dip in 2007, carried no credit card debt, and we were contributing to our retirement. This new business debt weighed on me. Our first storm: 2007. Storm #2: 2013.
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Family Balance Sheet
JANUARY 2, 2021
I wanted to reduce our non-mortgage debt, my clutter, my distractions, my impact on the environment, and my consumption of sweets. After 2019, I had a lot of hope for finding a word for 2020 but struggled to find one that was meaningful to me. Read: My 2020 Financial Goals. I read more in 2020 than I have in years.
Family Balance Sheet
JANUARY 20, 2023
That was the year that we made the goal of paying off the last of our non-mortgage debts and we achieved it by September of that year. In 2020, our financial goals were to read, research, and understand both college and retirement planning. We used the snowball method to pay off our non-mortgage debts.
Family Balance Sheet
MARCH 5, 2021
I have used the extra money to pay off debt, fund family trips, or build up our Christmas savings. In January 2020, we booked round-trip flights to Paris for the four of us. This trip was a reward for our years of paying off six figures of debt , and we were going to pack a lot into our week. Whew, got all of that!
Family Balance Sheet
FEBRUARY 6, 2021
New furniture wasn’t in the budget for this project, but we sold some other unused furniture in November and we now have enough to pay for the new furniture. This money gets sent automatically to the 529 accounts we set up for our girls in 2020. I started searching and test drove a pre-owned Highlander in January 2020.
Savings Corner
DECEMBER 24, 2023
These areas range from the basics such as budgeting to more complex areas such as saving and investing for retirement as well as estate planning for the distribution of your assets. A financial plan can help you get your financial life in order in areas such as: Budgets – How much can you spend this week or month and still stay on track?
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