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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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How Our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic. The year 2007 held such promise for us when it started, but by the end of the year, we were brought to our knees. What got us through financially? I still use my spreadsheet to this day! This new business debt weighed on me. Our first storm: 2007.

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4 Reasons to Graduate Debt-Free

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Students now more than ever are graduating into a life of student loan payments, debt, and economic uncertainty. I graduated in 2012 with no loans from my degree. Here are some great reasons why you should try to graduate without debt: Job Freedom. Avoid student debt so you can start your adult life after graduation.

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How to Create a Family Balance Sheet + Get a FREE one for your family!

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Debts still need to be paid, cars will need new parts, homes will need to be repaired, and kids will need braces. My husband’s brain likes to see everything written down on one page, so I developed that first spreadsheet to list all of our accounts and all of our debts. I STILL use our spreadsheet today.

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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Pre-coronavirus, we didn’t think twice about shaking a stranger’s hand, using the ATM keypad, or going to the grocery store without donning a hazmat suit. We paid off our last non-mortgage debt in September and have since sent that loan’s monthly payment to our mortgage principal. I have been using it ever since.

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Our Family Finances Update: January 2021

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We think we’ll use the money towards summer vacation. We’re converting our basement to a family room area and the original family room (in the pic above) is becoming a home office. We’re converting our basement to a family room area and the original family room (in the pic above) is becoming a home office.

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Friday Links – Long Weekend Edition

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Check them out: Good Reads From The Blogosphere: When you’re aggressively trying to pay down debt, you may feel that you’ve done all you can to curb your expenses, but have you really? Don’t miss Melissa’s post at My Personal Finance Journey if you Think You’re Sacrificing to Pay Down Debt? Think Again.

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Our 2019 Financial Goal

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We use Medi-Share for our healthcare and our Annual Household Portion is $10k. We’re mentally exhausted by the toll of the medical issues and the financial strain they caused. We’re praying really hard that our medical costs are minimal in 2019, so we can knock our new goal out of the park! That’s it!