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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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Find out How Acadia & Her Husband Paid off $97,000 in Student Loans

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What are your hobbies? All of our debt was $97,000 in student loan debt. We are no longer tied down to a mortgage and student loan debt. What are your financial goals now? Thank you, Acadia, for sharing your family’s debt free story. Tell us about you and your family. Where are you from?

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

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What are your hobbies? That’s one of my hobbies.) About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) After we got a taste of life without credit card debt, I wanted to pay off my student loan. What are your financial goals now?

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

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What are your hobbies? That’s about it for hobbies, as our little ones are 1 and 3. As many students do these days, we had tens of thousands of dollars of debt by the time we graduated with our Masters degrees. What are your financial goals now? Today’s Debt Free Story is from Shannon.

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

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What are your hobbies? We’ll live in a dorm (which fits us perfectly but we know sounds terrible to others) in our own apartment while I (Krista) work in student development providing mentoring/counseling/student discipline to the 150 women in the dorm and Jon will work right across the street as the assistant director of admissions.

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

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What are your hobbies? The debt included about $30,000 in student loans, some medical debt, IRS debt, and a small amount on a credit card. What are your financial goals now? Thank you, Amanda & Daniel, for being so honest with your debt free story. Tell us about you and your family. Where are you from?

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Meet Doug & Laura. They Paid off $23,000 in 16 Months. | Debt Free Stories

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What are your hobbies? The debt consisted of my student loans and a car loan. I went through Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University when I was 18 years old. What are your financial goals now? Thank you, Doug, for being so honest with your debt free story. Together they paid off $23,000 in 16 months.

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