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Our 2023 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

That was the year that we made the goal of paying off the last of our non-mortgage debts and we achieved it by September of that year. <<— Once we paid off our non-mortgage debts in 2019, we started saving some of the debt snowball money for college savings. A few of our debt payoff trackers.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

A freebie cabinet. The first few years after graduating, I racked up a large credit card debt and bought a new SUV that cost approximately the same as my annual salary. I’ve always loved historic architecture, exploring by foot, animals, swimming, reading, and just generally creating things. helping out 7.