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Meet Jackie. She and Her Husband Paid off $147,000 in Debt | Debt Free Stories

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About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) But it wasn’t a decade of nothing but paying off debt. When we first started we couldn’t have even conceived of becoming completely debt free. What inspired you to get debt free?

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Find out how Jessica & Her Husband Paid off $175,000 of Debt

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Soon after making that decision we found out our church in Chattanooga would be hosting Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University. Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living? We followed FPU which was a 9 week course. If married, who initiated the debt free goal?

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5 Ways to Reduce Your Debt

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In an effort to ease some stress in your life and give you some hope, I wanted to share with you today 5 things you can do to reduce your debt and get yourself on the road to financial freedom. Look at cutting back on little luxuries such as eating out at lunch each day or in the evenings. See where you can make cutbacks.

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Find out how Richard paid off $40,000 of debt

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So whether that’s hiking across the beautiful Sussex Downs, growing my own vegetables or taking my binoculars out for a spot of bird watching I rarely spend much time indoors. Career-wise while I studied biology at university I came out to find very few opportunities in my field. Yes, but not yet!

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

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I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. I discovered the term, Zero-Based Budget, when my husband and I took Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University home course many years ago. During that time, I started to budget for everything.

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