Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Whether it’s helping others, travel, or living debt-free, view your money as a resource that can help you live your preferred lifestyle. Educate yourself about how money works, and how to make the most of it. Take the time to learn about how money works, and learn how it can work for you.

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JUNE 30, 2015

And while we have a lot of work ahead of us, we keep moving forward. As part of Prudential’s Women Inspired campaign, I was encouraged to think about my dreams detailing my long-term goals and aspirations. I broke my goals into two categories: Financial and Personal. Pay off our mortgage debt. Achievable?

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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

I’m Shannon Brown, and I’m a crunchy Christian mama blessed to live in beautiful North Idaho. He now works as an architect, and I do some freelance from home now that we have kids. Read more about Shannon’s debt free journey. What inspired you to get debt free? Then the real work began!

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APRIL 19, 2016

It was a mix of college loans, a personal loan from my parents (for college), an overdraft account, and credit card debt. What inspired you to get debt free? I had tried a lot of different things to get out of debt but nothing worked. There wasn’t one particular thing that pushed me to the debt-free living side.

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JULY 2, 2015

My husband works as an architect and I teach art part time at my son’s school. However, with my husband being an architect and an overall really handy guy, we decided that fixing up the house and selling it could give us enough profit to at least pay off a big chunk of our debt. If married, who initiated the debt free goal?

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JANUARY 7, 2015

After we purchased our house, we decided that it would be our last debt – so we worked hard and paid the entire thing off in less than 8 years. What inspired you to get debt free? I was raised debt-free and Barry was introduced to a debt-free lifestyle from his grandmother and aunt.

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