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

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Instead of writing, “I want to pay off debt” or “I don’t want to live paycheck to paycheck”, commit to “I want to pay off $X of credit card debt in 201X and I will stop using credit cards from this point forward.” We’ve been paying off non-mortgage debts since 2013.

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

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After graduating with our bachelor’s degrees Jon and I had about $36,000 in debt between us. We also were working on paying for Jon’s master’s degree and then my own masters degree, which I completed in December 2013. The first step in this diligence was paying off debt.

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