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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? They pay off mountains of debt and scream about debt freedom, or maybe they save gobs of money in a record amount of time, or they have considerable success with their new small business. She hit that goal in September 2016.

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

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We have led 7 sessions of Financial Peace University mostly to keep ourselves motivated. What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt. We do meet every month to go over expenses and needs. When something unexpected comes up we have another budget meeting.

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

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Then the iPhone came out, and I figure other people might like to obsessively check their progress as much as I did, so I created Pay Off Debt , an app to help people keep track of their debt snowball and stay motivated. What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt?

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What Is Financial Planning? | Bankrate

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Financial planning is any type of strategizing around the financial aspects of your financial life. These areas range from the basics such as budgeting to more complex areas such as saving and investing for retirement as well as estate planning for the distribution of your assets. What is a financial plan?

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

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This motivated Jon to not ever feel like he had to keep working at a job that he was clearly overwhelmed by just because he couldn’t afford to do anything else. All of this plays into our desire for financial stability. We found that we could save more than $100 every month just by going to an off brand.

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Money and Marriage – How To Get And Stay On The Same Track and $999.99 Giveaway

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To really understand your money approach and attitude, ask yourself and each other open ended money questions – about how your folks dealt with money, how you were raised, what you prefer and don’t prefer financially and etc. Don’t come down on each other so hard for saving or spending that neither feels free to treat themselves.

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Intentional Spending – Being Ready For An Emergency

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Amy’s emergency fund saved her — when her heater went out on New Years Eve. Without an emergency fund, this could have been an major financial blow. Knowing Amy on a personal level, she has made some big “material&# sacrifies to meet her personal financial goals and is very inspiring.