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My Life Plan

Family Balance Sheet

At the time, I wasn’t sure how we were going to pay our monthly bills, so future plans like funding our retirement , our daughters’ college education, or a lavish vacation were not on my mind. But once I created our debt freedom plan and outlined the steps we would take to wade through the hardships, I was overcome with relief.

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4 Ways to Enhance Your Financial New Year’s Resolutions

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

However, your New Year’s Resolutions should be about more than just generically “saving more”, “spending less”, or “paying down debt” What if you’ve been making solid progress in those areas? Educate Yourself. Educate yourself about how money works, and how to make the most of it.

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P.E.P. for the Week of February 14-18/11-Planning Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We have more stable careers, we have no debt (other than our mortgage), and we own a home. Reducing Debt. Frugal Dad shares with us 10 Side Hustles that we can use to pay off our debt. Financial Highway tells us how he paid off $50,000 of credit card debt. I think I would have to agree, no debt is good debt.

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