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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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2012 Financial Goals

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We talked through some issues and opportunities for our business and our personal, family, and financial goals. We are still working through some numbers and there might be some adjustments in the timelines we have given ourselves, but these are our financial priorities for 2012. Our 2012 Financial Goals.

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Our Big Financial Goal for 2016

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At the time, we had 4 business loans and 1 student loan that were weighing on us, so we created our Debt Freedom Plan. Most importantly, we need to remember that the sacrifices that we make to achieve this goal are just for this year. What’s your financial goal for 2016? Do you want to eliminate debt too?

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10 Must-Know Personal Finance Tips for Moms’ Financial Success

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Educate Yourself “Truthfully, probably 95% of Americans are financially illiterate.” − Suze Orman – Women & Money (and Everyone Smart Enough to Listen) Financial literacy is probably the most important bit of education that can help get you from where you are to where you want to be financially.

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Find out How Acadia & Her Husband Paid off $97,000 in Student Loans

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All of our debt was $97,000 in student loan debt. We are no longer tied down to a mortgage and student loan debt. What are your financial goals now? Thank you, Acadia, for sharing your family’s debt free story. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? How long did it take you? Don’t buy in to this.

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

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About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) After we got a taste of life without credit card debt, I wanted to pay off my student loan. While I was paying off my student loan I kept hearing about this Dave Ramsey guy, so read up on that method. (We

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

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As many students do these days, we had tens of thousands of dollars of debt by the time we graduated with our Masters degrees. We bought into the myth that student loan debt is “good debt” and that it was better to “invest” in buying a home instead. What are your financial goals now?

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