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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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Maureen eliminated $79,000 of credit card and student loan debt less than 3 years. Chris and his wife made a financial goal to switch to an all cash lifestyle, instead of relying on credit cards. Their 2017 goal is to wipe away $30,000 from their mortgage to keep them on track to pay it off in 36 months.

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5 Steps to Crush Debt in 2016 + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

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We keep ours on the refrigerator and it is so stinkin’ fun to color in the blocks as we make payments. Download your FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker. Paying off debt is not fun, in fact, it sucks! People have told us that it isn’t possible to not have a car loan or to not use credit cards.

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

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We charted out our course of action to pay off debts and start saving for retirement. The plan hangs on our refrigerator. It’s taking forever for us to accomplish the step we’re on (paying off our non-mortgage debt), but we keep plugging away.