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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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Our Debt Freedom Plan has been a long winding road. 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. To ease my anxiety about our new loans, we took the Financial Peace University home course and it changed how we thought about debt.

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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

I think I started reading FG regularly in 2018 or 2019. My husband and I bought our first home in 2013 when interest rates and housing prices were pretty low. and realized we should pay off this debt as quickly as possible. canned peaches = summer in a jar 2. How long have you been reading The Frugal Girl? homemade bagels!

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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Did you make 2018 financial goals ? Our 2 Main Financial Goals for 2018: 1 – Finish the will. This is our very last non-mortgage loan and we send an extra payment every month as part of our Debt Freedom Plan. We’d like to start saving for it in 2018, if possible. The Guidelines for 2018: 1.

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

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They pay off mountains of debt and scream about debt freedom, or maybe they save gobs of money in a record amount of time, or they have considerable success with their new small business. Meet The Achievers: Deacon and his wife paid off $52,000 in debt in 18 months. His 2017 goal is to make $100,000 in online income.

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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. 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.

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My Word for 2019

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I want to reduce our debt by paying off our last non-mortgage loan. . It was a goal in 2018, but high medical bills and other financial challenges hindered our progress. I ran my 10th half marathon in 2018 and have 2 more races planned for 2019. My word for 2019 is REDUCE. My plan is for 2019 to be different.

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