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Find out how Maureen Paid off $79,540 in Credit Card & Student Loan Debt

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Maureen. She writes at A Debt Free Stress Free Life. Besides writing on my personal finance blog, A Debt Free Stress Free Life, I’m an adjunct professor at a local college and own a residential and commercial cleaning business. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it?

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Meet a Reader | Beth from VA

The Frugal Girl

I was always in debt, which has been a tremendous source of shame for me. made by my husband While my husband’s income has increased over the years, we’ve ended up with a lot of (mostly) medical debt that would be easier to pay off if I were/had been able to work full-time. Apply it toward debt. Marrying my husband.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

How did you get interested in saving money? At age 12, I started saving up my allowance and babysitting money to buy Christmas gifts for other children who were less fortunate. What’s the “why” behind your money-saving efforts? The more kids I could “adopt”, the better!

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

What’s the “why” behind your money-saving efforts? Staying out of debt was/is very important to me & miraculously I have succeeded this far, praise God. Plus the Examen habit -I write down gifts daily, I must for my heart) 11. Ironically, this happened at Christmas-totally out of the blue.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

What’s the “why” behind your money-saving efforts? manicures pedicures expensive or trendy clothes and shoes brand-name foods gym memberships a large-screen TV, streaming services, movies the latest phones and tech gadgets fine wines alcohol cigarettes credit card debt The list goes on. That’s not right.

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Meet a Reader | Kim from Iowa

The Frugal Girl

What’s the “why” behind your money-saving efforts? We save aggressively for retirement even though my husband will have a pension that he will be eligible for in about 6 years. We requested a KitchenAid attachment one year as a gift and it makes this process SO much easier. Being consistent.

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6 Ways to Earn $600 and More Before This Christmas

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Since I do not use a credit card anymore (and read recently that banks are in debt due to too much credit cards out there), why not start saving now, with these easy tips : Want more frugal tips/ articles/ DIY stuff? Ibotta: Almost every money-saving website talks about : Ibotta.com : Why? I once saw $2 KFC on Ibotta!).

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