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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. Why stay the course? To be financially free, you have to stay the course financially.

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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. After writing some financial goals that had a lot to do with researching topics, such as retirement and college savings strategies, I realized that maybe my word for 2020 was READ. Read: My 2020 Financial Goals.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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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. Updates on our Debt Freedom Plan over the years: Our Original Debt Freedom Plan – written in March 2014.

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