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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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What are YOUR Financial Goals? | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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Today’s assignment: List your SMART financial goals. Earlier this year, my husband and I wrote a specific list of financial goals and named it Our Debt Freedom Plan. Prior this plan, we had set goals, but never before had we been so specific with a step by step approach. Is it to pay off your house?

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Marriage and Money: 5 Tips To Reduce the Money Arguments

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Make Clear Financial Goals {Together}. Take some time to discuss your family and marriage's financial goals. I have found that there is less tension when we are both on the same page with our goals, but you need to take the time to discuss those goals together. Write down your goals and make them visible.

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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. 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? Today’s Debt Free Story is from Shannon.

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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.) We actually talk about money and our short- and long-term financial goals a lot, but not so much about spending. What are your financial goals now? Quitting my job was a big financial goal that I just made happen. Where are you from?

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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? What are your financial goals now? Thank you, Amanda & Daniel, for being so honest with your debt free story. Together they blog about becoming debt free and location independence in order to serve the world at Life with a Mission. 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? 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. Doug writes at Doug Smith Live. Tell us about you and your family. Where are you from? What do you and your spouse do for a living?

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