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Introducing the 2015 Choose Thrift First Challenge

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So for 2015, I want to challenge myself and you, to rethink our purchases by taking advantage of more cost effective solutions, like borrowing, buying second hand, or just making do with what we already have. Our youngest daughter’s dresser practically disintegrated into pieces over the holiday break.

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Our Big Financial Goal for 2016

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Finally, we are able to see the light at the end of the tunnel and are more motivated than ever to pay off these final two loans. We have more important things to do with our money besides sending a large portion of it to the creditors every month. I think I’ll survive. Choose Thrift First.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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We hit our Annual Household Portion (kind of like a deductible) of $10,000 with Medi-Share in 2017 when our daughter had an unexpected medical condition arise that required multiple tests, 3 surgeries, and medication. I won’t rehash our health insurance story here, because I have written extensively about it and INCLUDED OUR NUMBERS.