Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

It will be quite a feat because by my calculations we’ll be short each month if we just apply our debt snowball payment. We need to find/earn even more money each month to throw at the debt to make our goal by December 31, 2016. And with fingers crossed, hard work, and much prayer, 2016 will be the year we taste freedom.

Debt 100

Debt Goals 2016 Calculators 100

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Updates on our Debt Freedom Plan over the years: Our Original Debt Freedom Plan – written in March 2014. 2016 & 2017 Update. We still have a mortgage, so we’re technically not DEBT-FREE, but we paid off over 6 figures of business debts and student loans since 2012 and have wiped out our NON-mortgage debt.

Debt 100

Debt 2019 Financial Goals Emergency Fund 100

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JUNE 22, 2020

While we don’t regret the decision to pause retirement contributions, since it’s a big reason why we were able to pay off so much debt, we did start to feel uneasy. We’re no spring chickens, so in November 2016, we started contributing again to our retirement. We stopped paying for our gym membership. .

Debt 130

Debt Health Insurance Insurance Budgeting 130

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APRIL 9, 2021

There were a lot more fun and purposeful things we could have done with that money than pay the lender. After the FPU class, we looked at our debts differently. Becoming debt-free became very appealing and the idea of being able to give more, save more, and live more was the direction we wanted to go. DONE November 2019.

Debt 130

Debt Emergency Fund 2019 Debt Free 130

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Meet The Achievers: Deacon and his wife paid off $52,000 in debt in 18 months. She hit that goal in September 2016. Elle and her husband paid off a car loan and saved cash for their next car. Jessi and her husband paid off her student loans. Shannon and her husband paid off $22,000 in nine months.

Financial Goals 100

Financial Goals Goals Debt Budgeting 100

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AUGUST 11, 2016

We charted out our course of action to pay off debts and start saving for retirement. It’s FREE when you sign up here for my weekly newsletter. Finding a professional can be overwhelming, but Dave Ramsey just launched SmartVestor , a free resource to help you find an investing professional.

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Emergency Fund Money Finance Debt 100