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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’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. 2018 Update: We’re still working on this step.

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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. Some final thoughts: Are you thinking, “Ok, this all sounds great, but how do I ?”

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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2018 Update. 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. I just started reading the book, LAUNCH: How to Get Your Kids Through College Debt-Free and Into Jobs They Love Afterward. 1st Update in June 2014.

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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The student loan should be paid off by the end of 2018. Projected pay off date December 2018. Related reading: How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers). After the home equity loan is paid off, the new debt snowball amount AND the mortgage payment will then be applied to the student loan.

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From Hero to Zero

For the Mommas

What happened for me – and what I wish for everyone that I work with – is that I made a commitment one day to get out of this constant struggle and learn how to perform like the top producers in my company. And wouldn’t that make your 2018 better? Read that first section and commit to doing that work.

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