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2012 Financial Goals

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The kids were in the back seat watching a movie and we were in the front seat reviewing 2011 and strategizing for the upcoming year. We talked through some issues and opportunities for our business and our personal, family, and financial goals. Our 2012 Financial Goals. Increase our Monthly Debt Payment.

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Meet Jackie. She and Her Husband Paid off $147,000 in Debt | Debt Free Stories

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Welcome to Debt Free Stories. She and her husband paid off $147,000 in debt–including their home. After paying off the debt, she was able to quit her job to pursue her passion. She blogs at The Debt Myth. Quitting my job is one of the things being debt free has enabled us to do.

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Amanda & Daniel. Together they blog about becoming debt free and location independence in order to serve the world at Life with a Mission. Amanda currently homeschools their three kids. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it?

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Shannon. He now works as an architect, and I do some freelance from home now that we have kids. 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.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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Updates on our Debt Freedom Plan over the years: Our Original Debt Freedom Plan – written in March 2014. Our 2019 Financial Goal. After years of scrimping and saving and not spending extra money on things, we have achieved the biggest financial goal we have ever set for ourselves in our 19 years of marriage.

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Find out how Lydia & her Husband Paid off $36,000 in Debt in 2 Years

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

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Chit Chat: 06.17.18

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Our kids spent their first week of summer vacation at the beach with their Girl Scouts troop. The restaurant isn’t exactly kid-friendly and we were waiting for the right time to use. It was a week spent together without having to worry about getting our kids from one activity to the other. We want to be debt free.