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Our 2019 Financial Goal

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In previous years, I would create a long list of financial goals, only to have little accomplished by the end of the December. I almost stopped writing goals down altogether. In 2018, we decided to focus on just 2 main financial goals and before I share my 2019 goals I thought I would give you a recap on 2018.

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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. If you’re married, you must do this with your spouse. Earlier this year, my husband and I wrote a specific list of financial goals and named it Our Debt Freedom Plan. After you devise your new financial goals, we’d love to hear them.

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

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My Excel spreadsheet listed our short-term and long-term account balances, our debts, and our short-term and long-term financial goals. I STILL use our spreadsheet today. If you’re interested, keep reading and you’ll see a sign-up box at the bottom of this post. You could also use a recent appraisal.

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Meet Carrie. She Paid Off $14,000 in Debt in 14 Months.

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Yep, we’re newlyweds and eloped together in December 2013. I started Careful Cents and used that as a platform to find freelance writing opportunities. He leaves most of the financial goals up to me, but we make the decisions together. What are your financial goals now?

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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Unfortunately, we did not hit that goal and in part, have made some major changes to our Debt Freedom Plan. Our Debt Freedom Plan Started in 2013: The year 2012 was quite exciting for me and my husband. This new strategy had us looking in the same direction with regards to our financial future and my husband was on board.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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In September 2019, my husband and I accomplished our biggest financial goal in our almost 20 years of marriage. How we got to six figures of non-mortgage debt: In the summer of 2012, we found an opportunity to purchase an office building for our small business. We’re STILL here! We stopped retirement contributions.

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