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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

Family Balance Sheet

To ease my anxiety about our new loans, we took the Financial Peace University home course and it changed how we thought about debt. From what we learned in the course, we wrote our Debt Freedom Plan. We loosely based our plan on Dave Ramsey’s 7 Baby Steps, but modified them to address our needs and lifestyle.

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

Family Balance Sheet

.” Recently Go Banking Rates conducted two studies on savings rates with startling results. Almost 70% of Generation X have less than $1000 in personal savings account. *. of Generation X report a retirement savings account balance of $0.**. of Gen X report they have saves less than $10,000 for retirement.**.

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How Are You Doing On Those Resolutions?

Saving Cents With Sense

Did you want to save more money this year? Pay off Debt? So, as we sit here in the 3rd week of January, don’t beat yourself up if you haven’t lost 10 lbs or saved 90% at the store. Set small goals – think “baby steps” rather than huge goals that can’t be reached. Lose Weight? Give up Caffeine (gasp!)?

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