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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. Our emergency fund. I am totally paraphrasing the year, but had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. Storm #2: 2013. August 2013 was a month that I’d like to wipe from my memory.

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5 Steps to CRUSH Debt + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

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Did you make a goal to pay off debt this year? For many years, we made a yearly goal to chip away at our six figures of non-mortgage debt. Our journey to debt freedom started back in 2013 when we found ourselves saddled with business and student loans. If debt freedom is your goal , what can you accomplish THIS year?

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Meet Tracy, a Single Mom Who Paid Off $41,587 | Debt Free Stories

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Welcome to Debt Free Stories. She paid off $41,587 in debt in 14 months! How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? What inspired you to get debt free? I was inspired to get debt free for 2 main reasons: 1. We wanted to enter into marriage debt free. (He Where are you from? in 14 months.The

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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. I have written often about the importance of an emergency fund. Update our Debt Freedom Plan to reflect lessons learned during this crisis. Cash is King.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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This is our very last non-mortgage loan and we send an extra payment every month as part of our Debt Freedom Plan. While I love thrift stores, I can be easily swayed to run into Target, TJ Maxx, and/or Kohl’s when I feel like I need something. I’ll apply that money to the debt. An Update on Medi-Share – September 2017.

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Our Big Financial Goal for 2016

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As God is my witness, it WILL be the year that we pay off the last of our non-mortgage debt. It has been my obsession goal since we found ourselves in a dicey situation back in August 2013. That was the month I didn’t know if we had enough funds to cover our expenses. Apply any Found Money to Debt.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

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Kristen from My Dollar Plan reminds us Why You Should Tell Your Family About Your Debt. ” Robert from My Multiple Incomes presents 5 Tips on How to Be a Better Negotiator , and says, “Not every store and place allows haggling and negotiating on their prices, but trying to negotiate won’t hurt either. ” J.P.