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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. Shame on us for dragging our feet on this for too long. We’d like to start saving for it in 2018, if possible. The Guidelines for 2018: 1. I’d like 2018 to be the year that we clean out our clutter.

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

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She and her husband also used a visual motivation chart posted on their refrigerator. 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.” goals to get us there.

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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This new strategy had us looking in the same direction with regards to our financial future and my husband was on board. We are using Dave Ramsey’s snowball method and I’m proud to say that since 2013, we’ve paid off 4 business loans totaling almost $75,000. The student loan should be paid off by the end of 2018.

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