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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 were trying to be responsible.

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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. We’ll concentrate on numbers 1 – 3, so we can make our emergency savings last as long as possible.

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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. With that much debt, we needed some go big or go home heavy hitters that would make a big impact on debt reduction. It was so big that I cried for two days straight– we paid off six figures in non-mortgage debts.

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