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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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Maureen, from The Debt Free Mess Free Life , suggests that you understand what motivates you to act unwisely and spend frivolously (if that is your situation). If you figure that out you can then work to find healthier ways to fill the void and you can free yourself permanently from the bonds of debt. ” Pay off Debt.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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Paying off our six figures of non-mortgage debt was one of the happiest days of my life, and really is the defining step of this entire plan. To stay motivated I would listen to the debt-free screams on The Dave Ramsey Show. If others could knock out debt, we could too. Cash flow a FAMILY TRIP TO HAWAII.

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