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Our 2023 Financial Goals

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The rest of the snowball went towards other things, such as a new-to-us vehicle, medical expenses, retirement contributions, and home repairs. Sidebar: Restaurants are also a budget buster for us, and I will be extra diligent in this category as well. Hopefully, it will help us not lose sight of our goal and stay motivated.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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Stressed out, we ventured into Dave Ramsey’s online Financial Peace University home course for help. Prior to FPU, we thought we were doing well financially and never considered that we had too much debt. We thought we were doing really well. To stay motivated I would listen to the debt-free screams on The Dave Ramsey Show.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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The bad news is that we were in our prime earning & investing years when we stopped contributing…just more motivation to keep going with this plan. We have several things that we want to start saving for, such as a car replacement fund, some home repairs/updates, a new camper, and travel. Start Additional Savings Accounts.

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