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Where I found EXTRA Money in May 2021

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I have used the extra money to pay off debt, fund family trips, or build up our Christmas savings. I calculate the per-hour rate from my plasma donations to make sure it’s a good use of my time. My beautiful petunias in 2020. Yep, I found a $20 bill while running on the beach! This money equates to about $36.67

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Where we found money in March 2021

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I have used the extra money to pay off debt, fund family trips, or build up our Christmas savings. We’ve had an Aflac Accident plan for many years and have never needed it until the fall of 2020 when we used it twice. Over the years, I have found money through rebates, refunds, online sales, and even the ground.

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Where I found money in February

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I have used the extra money to pay off debt, fund family trips, or build up our Christmas savings. Honestly, it was months in the making, but at one time, I didn’t think I would ever see the money. In January 2020, we booked round-trip flights to Paris for the four of us. Airfare Refund: $2700.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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Becoming debt-free became very appealing and the idea of being able to give more, save more, and live more was the direction we wanted to go. He makes it really simple and you should Google it if you haven’t heard of his steps. Related Reading: WHY We Wanted to be Debt Free. Paying off debt is not fun.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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With that much debt, we needed some go big or go home heavy hitters that would make a big impact on debt reduction. While reducing our day to day spending would certainly help, we needed to reduce large chunks of debt at a time to pay off six figures quickly. We need to increase our income.”

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