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

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Wonder what sets you apart from the people that seem to crush their financial goals? These folks didn’t corner the market on goal success either, instead they just got the task DONE. Their 2017 goal is to boost their savings rate and get their expenses down to $30,000 a year as they work towards financial independence.

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Our Big Financial Goal for 2016

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It has been my obsession goal since we found ourselves in a dicey situation back in August 2013. What We Won’t Give Up. The goal is to reduce our monthly spending where we can to find extra money to apply to our debt. Keep receipts and tally up at the end of the month to review our spending.

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July 1st ~ Time for A Mid-Year Review

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Did you make personal, financial or professional goals or plans back in January for 2011? When was the last time you reviewed those lists? The half way mark of the year is a great time to reflect back on yearly goals and plans to check your progress and make any adjustments, changes or additions. Give yourself a reward.

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

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Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. Funny enough, after being so focused on saving for so long, I don’t think we really did anything but say a prayer of thanks! What are your financial goals now? She writes at Growing Slower. Where are you from?

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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You will be so thankful later. Add up how much you are spending in the morning and you’ll see how much you will save for your fund, and maybe that will give you the inspiration to skip the AM drive-thru. Review your statements, because there might be subscriptions that you forgot about. 5 – Brown bag your lunch.

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Find Out How Ruth and Her Husband Paid off Their Mortgage

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Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. We paid off our law school and car loans several years ago, just because we didn’t like having them hang over our heads, but then we took a Financial Peace University class and made it our goal to pay off our house as well.

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5 Steps to Succeeding Your Goals

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I learned so much that I hope to apply these lessons to my personal and financial goals for 2012. 5 Steps to Succeeding Your Goals. Set a Specific Goal. Prior to 2011, my goals would have sounded like, "I want to get into shape." miles) was not going to be easy, but I was giving myself the year to do so.

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