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Money Matters: How to Prepare Your Finances for a Recession

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Prepare by paying off debt. Hatch a plan to tackle your debt, particularly high-interest balances, to help you free up more cash. Consider strategies such as the debt snowball or avalanche methods or explore credit counseling to get a personalized action plan to attack your debt. Thanks for reading!

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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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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. We had become so accustomed to living off both incomes that we really had to re-adjust a few lifestyle choices so we could live off just my husbands income. Which we love!

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Thrifty Thinking: Valentine's Day

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cities across 26 key metrics, ranging from florists per capita to forecasted precipitation to the cost of a three-course meal for two. Why are men more likely to think that buying a Valentine’s Day gift is worth going into credit card debt? Thanks for reading! Top 20 Places for Valentine’s Day 2023 1. San Francisco, CA 2.

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

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Of course, the British climate isn’t always kind, but I’m pleased to say the weather recently has been glorious and I’ve been making full use of it! At the same time my credit card debt was slowly creeping upward too thanks to my minimal income. Paying off debt and growing savings is a means to an end.

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Meet Stacy. She and her husband paid off $20,000 in 8 Months.

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Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living? We took his Financial Peace course once before we were married and twice afterwards…and now Barry teaches it. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. We quit when we were paying off debt.

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