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

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Fortunately, they willingly shared their advice from their success and I am passing that information on to you, so we can ALL succeed this year. Meet The Achievers: Deacon and his wife paid off $52,000 in debt in 18 months. She and her husband also used a visual motivation chart posted on their refrigerator.

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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. Is it to get creditors off your back?

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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These days, there is an ever-growing concern about the safety of our personal information when it is shared over the World Wide Web. Pat S from compounding returns asks Pay Off Debt or Invest for The Future ? I know for me it wasn’t easy; I needed a lot of support and motivation.

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

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I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. For informational purposes only. For informational purposes only. This group is a safe place where we talk, motivate, and share ideas about budgeting. Sample Budget Calendar.

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Jessica. She owns Every Single Dollar , an online financial resource dedicated to helping single women make informed financial decisions and set themselves up for financial success. I had planned to pay it all off in 2.5 What inspired you to get debt free? Where are you from?