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Create your debt freedom plan

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Becoming debt-free became very appealing and the idea of being able to give more, save more, and live more was the direction we wanted to go. He makes it really simple and you should Google it if you haven’t heard of his steps. But $1000 was not nearly enough money to cover sudden emergencies in both our home and business.

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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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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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Maureen, from The Debt Free Mess Free Life , suggests that you understand what motivates you to act unwisely and spend frivolously (if that is your situation). If you figure that out you can then work to find healthier ways to fill the void and you can free yourself permanently from the bonds of debt. S = Be SPECIFIC.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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“To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood; this is the good luck.&#. FMF from Free Money Finance shares his Simple Car Email. Squirrelers from Squirrelers presents The Case for a Bigger Emergency Fund. I wish we had some of these in Canada.

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Find out how Charissa and Her Husband Paid Off $7665 of Debt and Cash Flowed College

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I also appreciated the simple, common-sense advice and the baby steps. It was after I started listening to Dave Ramsey, that I started thinking about getting out of debt more quickly and realizing that it was definitely possible to become debt free. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt.

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

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I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. Calculate the simple math equation: Income – Expenses = X. If they are, you can consider putting the extra funds into an emergency fund, pay off a credit card, or save for another financial goal.

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