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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

Family Balance Sheet

I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. We were planning our family summer vacation and came to the conclusion that we had no money to pay for it. We cut way back on entertainment and vacations during debt repayment. What are your financial goals now? We live in New York.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

If you have a big financial goal, think about how much you pay someone to do something that you are capable of doing yourself. 17 – Find a part-time job. If you need to save a lot of money and you have pinched every last penny, then consider finding a part-time job in order to find the money for your emergency fund.

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

Family Balance Sheet

Drew works full time for Department of Defense. Farrah works part time for Department of Defense. Equally, but Drew does the data part. Farrah casts broad vision like “I want a vacation in 6 months and it needs to be about $2k”. We took a mini vacation to Florida. What are your financial goals now?

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Find out how Jessica & Her Husband Paid off $175,000 of Debt

Family Balance Sheet

Along our part-time business my husband is a senior web designer for Ramsey Solutions aka Dave Ramsey. We live a pretty busy lives and when given free weekends at home we love spending time at home on our little farm. If married, who initiated the debt free goal? What are your financial goals now?

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

If you have a big financial goal, think about how much you pay someone to do something that you are capable of doing yourself. 15 – Find a part-time job. If you need to save a lot of money and you have pinched every last penny, then consider finding a part-time job in order to find the money for your emergency fund.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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works in outbound sales, and I teach part-time. While we said no to eating out and going to the movies all the time, we. were not about to give up a summer vacation! By the time summer rolled around, we. had a small amount already saved for a tiny vacation. What are your financial goals now?

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Our mom stayed home to raise us kids; she went to work part-time in the local school system after both my brother and I were in school. My dad was a blue-collar worker – a machine operator on the railroad who sometimes got laid off for periods of time in the winter. Do you have any tips for frugal travel or vacations?