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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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While we don’t regret the decision to pause retirement contributions, since it’s a big reason why we were able to pay off so much debt, we did start to feel uneasy. We’re no spring chickens, so in November 2016, we started contributing again to our retirement. We stopped paying for our gym membership. .

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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Happy New Year’s 2019: In January 2019, we were down to one final non-mortgage loan, so we created just one financial goal for the year—-to pay off that last non-mortgage debt by December. We engaged in many strategies to find extra money to put towards the debt: We cut cable TV and our land line.

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