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FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Shannon. Tell us about you and your family. As many students do these days, we had tens of thousands of dollars of debt by the time we graduated with our Masters degrees. Read more about Shannon’s debt free journey. What inspired you to get debt free?

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JUNE 30, 2015

I broke my goals into two categories: Financial and Personal. Our Financial Goals: Pay off our non-mortgage debt. Start saving for college. Pay off our mortgage debt. Celebrate debt freedom with a big family trip to Hawaii or Paris. Write a book about our debt free journey.

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JANUARY 4, 2016

This year, we took a long break over the holidays to travel to see friends and family, so today has been a shock to my system. We have new financial goals for this year. While we made considerable headway in 2015 with reducing our debts, we missed our goal of paying off a loan by the end of the year.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The segment was so inspiring that I reached out to her to see if she would participate in the Debt Free Stories series. She hosts a You Tube channel, The Former Mrs. Jones , where she vlogs about budgeting, debt free living, and family life. Meet the Former Mrs. Jones: Her Debt Free Story.

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APRIL 1, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Brian. He writes at Debt Discipline about about how his family of 5 deals with money, budgets and debt. Tell us about you and your family. We’re a family of five, including, me, my wife and 3 children: 15 year old fraternal twins and a 12 year old son.

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DECEMBER 30, 2013

As you might expect, especially among personal finance bloggers, financial resolutions are pretty popular. Whether it’s helping others, travel, or living debt-free, view your money as a resource that can help you live your preferred lifestyle. Get help setting financial goals, and working toward them.

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APRIL 19, 2016

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Anna. She is on a mission to help others become debt free. She writes at her personal finance website, And Then We Saved. Tell us about you and your family. My family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska before my Junior year in high school. Where are you from?

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APRIL 9, 2021

After the FPU class, we looked at our debts differently. Becoming debt-free became very appealing and the idea of being able to give more, save more, and live more was the direction we wanted to go. To stay motivated I would listen to the debt-free screams on The Dave Ramsey Show. Update: DONE Sept 2019!!

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Jen. Tell us about you and your family. My family and I are most known for paying off over $212,000 worth of debt and medical expenses in four years. What inspired you to get debt free? Who initiated the debt free goal? Where are you from?

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JANUARY 21, 2015

Today’s debt free story is from Aja. She writes about family, finances and faith at her blog, Principles of Increase. Tell us about you and your family. We are a musical family and love plugging into our urban community through volunteering and mentoring local youth. How much debt did you pay off?

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JULY 2, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Acadia. She writes about simple living, parenting and her family’s foster story at Fostering Simplicity. Tell us about you and your family. We strive to be a pretty active family. What inspired you to get debt free? Where are you from? What are your hobbies?

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JUNE 16, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Lydia. She blogs about living a limitless life on a limited budget at Frugal Debt Free Life. Tell us about you and your family. We paid off $36,000 in student loans, credit cards, cars and a bit of medical debt. What inspired you to get debt free?

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MARCH 18, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Ruth. Tell us about you and your family. What inspired you to get debt free? What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt. If married, who initiated the debt free goal? Pay with cash.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

She is the co-founder of the website, Little Light on a Hill , where she writes about faith, family, and finances. I love her passion for helping others along their debt free journey. Be sure to check out her website where she is offering a free finance workbook if you subscribe to her newsletter. A life goal of ours is.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

I watched her and her husband’s debt free scream on The Dave Ramsey Show. You can find Angela at her You Tube channel, Our Life…on a Budget , where she vlogs about getting out of debt and staying there! Angela & Jeff’s Debt Free Story. Tell us about you and your family. Meet Angela.

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JULY 13, 2016

So I’m thrilled to bring you today’s story, because I actually watched this couple’s debt free scream when it was live on the show. Drew & Farrah’s Debt Free Story. Tell us about you and your family. We have a family of 4. What inspired you to get debt free?

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JULY 22, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Deacon. He is a financial coach and blogs at Well Kept Wallet. Tell us about you and your family. It consisted of student loans, a car loan and even some credit card debt. After putting together a budget, it took us 18 months to pay off all of that debt!

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AUGUST 5, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Jessica. Tell us about you and your family. Our lives have been forever changed and our opportunity to financial success in the future are greater than they could have ever been! What inspired you to get debt free? Where are you from? What are your hobbies?

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JANUARY 8, 2020

There were hits and misses on this list, and many are things that I will continue to work on, but let’s recap: 1 – Reduce non-mortgage debt to zero. ALSO our 2019 Financial Goal!). We’ve been working since 2013 to pay off a boat load of non-mortgage debt. Are we saving enough? Moving on to 2020!

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JANUARY 1, 2015

My husband and I make some financial goals at the start of every year. Most of them are related to our small business, my husband’s chiropractic office, but last January I got a bee in my bonnet about debt…thank you, Dave Ramsey. In 2015, I will be sharing our journey to significantly reduce our debt.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Carrie. Tell us about you and your family. It took just over a year (14 months to be exact) before I paid off all my debts and became debt free! What inspired you to get debt free? What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Charissa. Tell us about you and your family. We started paying it off when we got married and became debt free just shy of our second anniversary. What inspired you to become debt free? Paying for school out of pocket also helped by not accruing more debt.

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MARCH 4, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Maureen. She writes at A Debt Free Stress Free Life. Tell us about you and your family. I love photography, archery, yoga, reading self-help books, taking spinning classes and being with my friends and family as much as possible. How much debt did you pay off?

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JUNE 2, 2016

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Richard of Frugality Magazine , where he shares frugal living tips for financial freedom. Tell us about you and your family. However, over time, as the debt grew thanks to interest charges and mismanagement on my part, the monthly payments started to grow out of control.

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MAY 27, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Olivia. Tell us about you and your family. What inspired you to get debt free? There were two things that inspired us to pay off debt. Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living? Where are you from?

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APRIL 12, 2016

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Jessica. She owns Every Single Dollar , an online financial resource dedicated to helping single women make informed financial decisions and set themselves up for financial success. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? Tell us about yourself.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 10, 2012

Wayne presents Unexpected Costs of Pet Ownership posted at Young Family Finance , saying, “Pet ownership can be quite expensive. Debt Guru presents Actively Avoiding Debt posted at Debt Free Blog , saying, “Find out how you can actively avoid debt by not having a wish list or items that you want to buy next.”

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AUGUST 11, 2014

Welcome to Debt Free Stories. She paid off $41,587 in debt in 14 months! Tell us about you and your family. What inspired you to get debt free? I was inspired to get debt free for 2 main reasons: 1. We wanted to enter into marriage debt free. (He Who initiated the debt free goal?

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JANUARY 7, 2015

Today’s debt free story is from Stacy. She shares delicious recipes, money saving tips and frugal living posts at her blog, Stacy Makes Cents. Tell us about you and your family. We were debt free before I was 30 , including our home. We ended up using my remaining collage savings to pay that off.

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