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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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Our Debt Freedom Plan has been a long winding road. The journey started in 2012 when we bought an office building for our business and then found ourselves with a lot of debt and not enough cash flow. To ease my anxiety about our new loans, we took the Financial Peace University home course and it changed how we thought about debt.

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

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Welcome to Debt Free Stories! They paid off $36,000 in debt and cash flowed graduate school. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? After graduating with our bachelor’s degrees Jon and I had about $36,000 in debt between us. What inspired you to get debt free? They blog at 2 Copper Coins.

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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We paid off our last non-mortgage debt in September and have since sent that loan’s monthly payment to our mortgage principal. This is not an elective, fun, no-spend month like what we did in January to find funds for our summer vacation. In January and February, my husband and I were contemplating replacing our 12.5

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10 FREE Kindle Books For January 19th

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Frugal Living: Powerful Family Budget And Debt Management Plan Advice For Abundance And Debt Free Living. The post 10 FREE Kindle Books For January 19th appeared first on Saving Every Day. Amazon Deals Deals Magazine & Book Deals Online Deals free kindle books' The Loyal Servant. Boredom Busters! The UnTied Kingdom.

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

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We’ll talk about cash flow, budgets, debts, and all of the nitty gritty of our finances that might not be fun to talk about, but are so important to discuss. Earlier this year, my husband and I wrote a specific list of financial goals and named it Our Debt Freedom Plan. Welcome to 31 Days to Organize Your Finances.

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

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We charted out our course of action to pay off debts and start saving for retirement. It’s taking forever for us to accomplish the step we’re on (paying off our non-mortgage debt), but we keep plugging away. We have completely stopped any retirement contributions, so we can apply that money towards our debts (we had A LOT).

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My Word for 2019

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It’s been a trend every January and I’ve always found it interesting to read how other people have come up with their one word. I want to reduce our debt by paying off our last non-mortgage loan. . This is my referral Amazon link, but I found the book at the library.). Just one word to focus on during the upcoming year.

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