Emergency Fund Events Finance Pay Off Debt 
Penny Pinchin' Mom
DECEMBER 17, 2023
The post The Age Old Question: Should You Pay Off Debt or Save? Should you pay off debt or save? So, you want to get started on debt repayment so you can focus on other financial goals? However, if you pay off these debts, there will be nothing left for investments in these tough financial times.
Motherhood Moments
JANUARY 18, 2023
Prepare ahead of time and create a bare bones budget that includes only your essentials — think food, shelter, clothes, transportation and insurance — so you have a plan in the event that you experience a loss of income or need to cut expenses suddenly. An emergency fund is vital regardless of the larger economic climate.
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Family Balance Sheet
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
The debt consisted of my student loans and a car loan. What inspired you to get debt free? Was there a particular event? That inspired me to be intentional with my finances and to follow Dave’s six steps. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. Make paying off debt a priority.
Family Balance Sheet
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
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?
Family Balance Sheet
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
Today’s Debt Free Story is from Charissa. She helps readers gain control of their finances and live well on a budget at her blog Cook with a Shoe . We paid off $7,665 worth of credit cards, school loans and a car loan. We started paying it off when we got married and became debt free just shy of our second anniversary.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
OCTOBER 15, 2011
Now without further adieu, I present you with the dozens of great reads written by Yakezie members and challengers alike this past week in our efforts to bring you timely insight on personal finance and lifestyle today. Don’t Quit Your Day Job: Refinance Your Mortgage and Pay the Same Amount?
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 27, 2015
We made sure we could afford the monthly payments on a 15 year mortgage, with the mindset that we would pay more each month. What inspired you to get debt free? Was there a particular event? There were two things that inspired us to pay off debt. So he was paying over $2200.00 I rarely use coupons.
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