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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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I decided to use Dave Ramsey’s 7 Baby Steps as a guide and I wrote our first Debt Freedom Plan. As self-employed small business owners, we felt we needed to adapt Dave’s strict 7 baby steps to our lifestyle so we included our business and added many more steps. Boy am I glad we don’t have that loan right now!

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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In September 2019, my husband and I accomplished our biggest financial goal in our almost 20 years of marriage. Overwhelmed with everything, I wrote our first Debt Freedom Plan based on Dave Ramey’s 7 Baby Step strategy but tailored to our lifestyle. We buy reliable vehicle brands that are built to drive for many many years.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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If nothing changes, this loan will be paid off by end of 2019, but I’d love to move that up and say adios to this loan! If not, we’ll start saving in 2019. We will need to cut back on dining out, but it is unrealistic for me to say we won’t eat at restaurants this year. Move up the Student Loan Payoff Date.