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My 2020 Financial Goals & A Recap of 2019

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However, 2019 was the first year that I found a word that I could stand by. I adored my word and everything about what I was trying to achieve for 2019. By the end of 2019, I achieved one major bullet point and the others will continue to be a work in progress. ALSO our 2019 Financial Goal!). 4 – Reduce my sweets.

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Our 2023 Financial Goals

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The last time we wrote numbers-driven financial goals was 2019. …enter 2023 We have not one, but two teenage high school daughters. We want to assist our daughters with their college expenses. We have a number that we want to save for each daughter. We used the snowball method to pay off our non-mortgage debts.

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7 Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances

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If your winter was as long and cold as mine, then you’re also looking forward to opening windows, breathing in the fresh air, and soaking up the sunshine. Do our goals still make sense now that we’re in the trenches of the new year? Did you use the S.M.A.R.T. Take a deep breath, spring is finally here!

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Our Family Finances Update: January 2021

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We think we’ll use the money towards summer vacation. We’re converting our basement to a family room area and the original family room (in the pic above) is becoming a home office. We’re converting our basement to a family room area and the original family room (in the pic above) is becoming a home office.

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5 Steps to CRUSH Debt + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

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It took us years to pay it all off, but we achieved it in 2019. Your first assignment: Take the first step and calculate your debts by using my FREE Family Balance Sheet. For us, we valued camping and our daughters’ activities. Did you make a goal to pay off debt this year?

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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It was a scary time for us. And I was pregnant with our youngest daughter, so what should have been a joyous year was quite a stressful one. What got us through financially? I am totally paraphrasing the year, but had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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We hit our Annual Household Portion (kind of like a deductible) of $10,000 with Medi-Share in 2017 when our daughter had an unexpected medical condition arise that required multiple tests, 3 surgeries, and medication. This will take us most of the year. If not, we’ll start saving in 2019. Read our Health Insurance Story: