Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 30, 2013

However, your New Year’s Resolutions should be about more than just generically “saving more”, “spending less”, or “paying down debt” What if you’ve been making solid progress in those areas? Your money can make things happen. Figure Out What You Want Your Money to Accomplish.

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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.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Luckily, even without misguided financial beliefs, we did pay off a significant portion of our debt before having kids. After we had kids, though, I stayed home, so we continued making the minimum payment for years. At the point when we finally got serious about paying off our debt we had $22,047 left.

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Family Balance Sheet

JULY 2, 2015

We have a 5 year old son and are in the process of adopting our 2 year old and 4 month old foster sons, making us parents of 3 boys! But in the end, we ended up making enough profit to pay off our debt entirely and still put some into savings! How did you celebrate when you became debt free? Be creative.

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JANUARY 7, 2015

Today’s debt free story is from Stacy. She shares delicious recipes, money saving tips and frugal living posts at her blog, Stacy Makes Cents. What do you and your spouse do for a living? Because math makes me want to curl up in the fetal position. I think that might make us nerds.

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