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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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We ran the numbers of the purchase and they looked great on paper, but paper doesn’t account for a new server, a roof leak, unexpected medical bills, and other calamities. Our 2019 Financial Goal. Our Debt Freedom Plan (October 2019 Update): Exact numbers have been omitted at this time. We limited our dinners out.

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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I have written often about the importance of an emergency fund. I set up a strategy years ago to pay for those yearly expenses , so thankfully, there’s money for these bills and we won’t fall behind. After paying off our last non-mortgage debt in September 2019, we updated our Debt Freedom Plan. Cash is King.

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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. When that loan was paid off, we put that full amount towards the third loan and this continued until September 2019. We LOVE to go out to dinner! The Heavy Hitters: 1. We increased our income. Restaurants.

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