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My 2020 Financial Goals & A Recap of 2019

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ALSO our 2019 Financial Goal!). I’m always late to the party… What bothered me about my social media addiction is that I would scroll incessantly at bed time when I should have been reading an actual book. This is my referral Amazon link, but I found the book at the library.) I still eat sweets.

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What are YOUR Financial Goals? | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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Today’s assignment: List your SMART financial goals. Earlier this year, my husband and I wrote a specific list of financial goals and named it Our Debt Freedom Plan. Prior this plan, we had set goals, but never before had we been so specific with a step by step approach. Is it to pay off your house?

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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Our 2019 Financial Goal. Happy New Year’s 2019: In January 2019, we were down to one final non-mortgage loan, so we created just one financial goal for the year—-to pay off that last non-mortgage debt by December. We can now move on to other financial goals. 1st Update in June 2014. 2018 Update.

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My Word for 2019

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Our main financial goal is to pay off our last non-mortgage loan. It was a goal in 2018, but high medical bills and other financial challenges hindered our progress. Back in December, I read the book, Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste. My word for 2019 is REDUCE.

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

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Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living? Once I got home from that money changing event at my grandparents’ house, my best friend told me about this financial series she and her husband had been going through at church called Financial Peace University (Dave Ramsey).

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Frugal Friday: 11/04/16

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It’s Frugal Friday: A recap of how we frugal-ed our way through the week so that we have more money to put towards our financial goals. We decided over the summer to move the fireplace to another spot in our living room to create a fireplace wall with a tv above, and built-in book shelves on both sides. It’s awesome.

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

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All of this plays into our desire for financial stability. Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living? We did watch Financial Peace University with a few of our friends and that was encouraging. What are your financial goals now? We sold the excess.

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