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What are YOUR Financial Goals? | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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Today’s assignment: List your SMART financial goals. Earlier this year, my husband and I wrote a specific list of financial goals and named it Our Debt Freedom Plan. Prior this plan, we had set goals, but never before had we been so specific with a step by step approach. Is it to pay off your house?

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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The journey started in 2012 when we bought an office building for our business and then found ourselves with a lot of debt and not enough cash flow. Our 2019 Financial Goal. We can now move on to other financial goals. How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers). 2018 Update.

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Resolve to Regularly Discuss Your Finances with Your Spouse

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A sunny day in the middle of January called us outdoors. When my husband and I are focused on our goals , we nail them. But for the two of us to achieve our financial goals, we need to have money conversations and they need to be done regularly. The third section is for our 2012 Financial Goals.

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5 Steps to Succeeding Your Goals

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As I planned my goals for 2012, I realized that I made only one goal for myself in 2011. In January 2011, after a quick online search, I found a race in the fall that was close to home and I would have plenty of time to train. 5 Steps to Succeeding Your Goals. Set a Specific Goal. What's Next?

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

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With tuition payments and debt payments we spent about $60,395 between January 2012 and March 2014 when we became completely debt free with two bachelor’s and two master’s degrees between us. What are your financial goals now? Currently our goal is to max out both of our Roth IRA accounts each year.

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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As I reflect back to January 2016, I started that year pretty determined to pay off the balance of our non-mortgage debts. And we were on a roll in January 2016. Unfortunately, we did not hit that goal and in part, have made some major changes to our Debt Freedom Plan. What are your financial goals for 2017 and beyond?

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