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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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Our 2019 Financial Goal

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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. Our 2018 Financial Goals: Finish our Will. In March of 2018, we had our wills, medical directives, and powers of attorney completed by an attorney. It’s similar to a deductible.

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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

Last year, to make a little extra cash, I started boarding dogs through Rover, and I am about to start a very very part time job using my RN license for a home care company. I think I started reading FG regularly in 2018 or 2019. and realized we should pay off this debt as quickly as possible. canned peaches = summer in a jar 2.

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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 Family Finances Update: January 2021

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I said goodbye to mini-van life in January when we traded in our 2007 Honda Odyssey for a 2018 Toyota Highlander. I talk a lot about debt freedom and that is still a goal of ours, and our Debt Freedom Plan will be adjusted. And we paid off six figures of business debt before, we will pay off this car loan too.

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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. We even bought an online package years ago, but have since decided that we will have a lawyer draw up our will, medical directive, and power of attorney documents to make sure everything is in place legally.

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Family Office Manager

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Instead, he shared the story about Susan, a wife, and mother who handled all of the financial tasks in her home, from budgeting to making investment decisions. My new mission was to manage our money to make sure we used it wisely and stretched it as far as possible. Implement our Debt Freedom Plan.

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