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

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Wonder what sets you apart from the people that seem to crush their financial goals? These folks didn’t corner the market on goal success either, instead they just got the task DONE. Their 2017 goal is to boost their savings rate and get their expenses down to $30,000 a year as they work towards financial independence.

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My Personal Goals for 2018

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2017 was a great year, but for some reason I did not create personal goals for myself last January. Everyone who rocks goals talks about accountability, so this year I’m sharing a few top personal goals that I made for myself and I’ll update you throughout the year on my progress. Check email.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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Did you make 2018 financial goals ? My husband and I discussed some ideas over our holiday break and we decided on 2 solid must-achieve financial goals for the year. If we complete them early, we’ll move on to 2 additional goals that are on our radar. The Guidelines for 2018: 1. Restaurants.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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2018 Update. Our 2019 Financial Goal. Happy New Year’s 2019: In January 2019, we were down to one final non-mortgage loan, so we created just one financial goal for the year—-to pay off that last non-mortgage debt by December. We can now move on to other financial goals.

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My Word for 2019

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It’s been a trend every January and I’ve always found it interesting to read how other people have come up with their one word. Our main financial goal is to pay off our last non-mortgage loan. It was a goal in 2018, but high medical bills and other financial challenges hindered our progress.

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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As I reflect back to January 2016, I started that year pretty determined to pay off the balance of our non-mortgage debts. And we were on a roll in January 2016. Unfortunately, we did not hit that goal and in part, have made some major changes to our Debt Freedom Plan. The student loan should be paid off by the end of 2018.

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Medi-Share Update: One Year Later

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We started using it in January 2017 and I wrote all about it, so I won’t rehash it all here. As soon as she was able, she caught up with her school work, and was on track when she returned to school on January 2. Our main financial goal for 2018 is to save $10k for our Annual Household Portion with Medi-Share.