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

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Daniel cut some of his business expenses by cutting out a monthly fee for a co-working space and cutting out monthly charges for services he didn’t need anymore. Who initiated the debt free goal? Were there arguments during the time you were working on your debt? Daniel does all the day-to-day finances.

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

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About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) But it wasn’t a decade of nothing but paying off debt. When we first started we couldn’t have even conceived of becoming completely debt free. What inspired you to get debt free?

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

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When Jon and I were married, we acknowledged that high paying careers were not on the docket for us, knowing that we wanted to have both comfortable and generous lives we decided that we would have to be incredibly diligent with our resources. The first step in this diligence was paying off debt.

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Find out how Jessica & Her Husband Paid off $175,000 of Debt

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We decided to declare it our year of health and align our diets and become more healthy, invest more in our community at church and clean up our finances. Soon after making that decision we found out our church in Chattanooga would be hosting Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University. If married, who initiated the debt free goal?

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

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What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. We cut our lifestyle to nothing and threw all that extra money at the debt. We gave up eating out, cable, driving as many places. What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt.

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5 Ways to Reduce Your Debt

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In an effort to ease some stress in your life and give you some hope, I wanted to share with you today 5 things you can do to reduce your debt and get yourself on the road to financial freedom. Look at cutting back on little luxuries such as eating out at lunch each day or in the evenings. See where you can make cutbacks.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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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. you are debt free?

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