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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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Life, as we knew it came to a halt for so many of us in mid-March, and life going forward will forever be known as pre-pandemic or post-pandemic. 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. Storm #2: 2013.

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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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Stay the Course Financially

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She lost both of her jobs in the course of a month, and they consequently couldn’t meet the mortgage payments on their almost new home as a result. billion in March. billion in March – according to that same report. “Other things equal, an increase in the stock market makes people wealthier.

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My Word for 2021

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I joined the crowd many years ago only to completely forget about my word by mid-March. I wanted to reduce our non-mortgage debt, my clutter, my distractions, my impact on the environment, and my consumption of sweets. Of course, 2020 brought us a pandemic and a lot of free time. 2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update.

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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

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On March 28, 2012 the Senate passed Resolution 409 that officially recognized April as National Financial Literacy Month. Well according to the bill’s sponsors, in the resolution presented to and passed by the 112 th Congress this March, we have a lot of issues to solve. Why do we need it?

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

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The Debt Princess: The Kool-Aid Effect: The Relationship Between the Poor & Nutrition – A look into how the working poor are eating unhealthy. Debt consolidation loans help minimize the payment you have to pay, which was a huge help back when I was a broke college graduate. My student loans stand at approximately $22,550.

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I’m Not Going to My Best Friend’s Bachelorette Party.

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Meanwhile, one of my other friends, who is halfway through nursing school and up to her eyeballs in debt IS going because she feels OBLIGATED. The bachelorette party is in Mid March. Unfortunately, not everyone agrees with that sentiment, so I’ve been met with some eye rolls and attitude.

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