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

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Maureen, from The Debt Free Mess Free Life , suggests that you understand what motivates you to act unwisely and spend frivolously (if that is your situation). She and her husband also used a visual motivation chart posted on their refrigerator. What need are you trying to fulfill by over spending or shopping? T = Make it TIME-BASED.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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2018 Update. I menu planned consistently to keep our grocery bills under control. The bad news is that we were in our prime earning & investing years when we stopped contributing…just more motivation to keep going with this plan. 1st Update in June 2014. 2016 & 2017 Update. Our 2019 Financial Goal.

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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We dramatically reduced our spending by cutting our cable TV and landline , shopping thrifty, eating out less often , and lowering our grocery bill. The student loan should be paid off by the end of 2018. Projected pay off date December 2018. We made a lot of changes since 2013. And I continued to build this website.

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