Family Balance Sheet

MAY 21, 2021

Did you make a goal to pay off debt this year? For many years, we made a yearly goal to chip away at our six figures of non-mortgage debt. It took us years to pay it all off, but we achieved it in 2019. It took us six years to pay off our non-mortgage debts once it became a priority.

Debt 130

Debt Goals Debt Free Pay Off Debt 130

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 20, 2023

Did you make 2023 financial goals ? We decided on one big audacious financial goal for the year, and it’s a doozy! The last time we wrote numbers-driven financial goals was 2019. That was the year that we made the goal of paying off the last of our non-mortgage debts and we achieved it by September of that year.

Financial Goals 130

Financial Goals Goals Debt College 130

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 6, 2020

How Our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic. We’d survived the dip in 2007, carried no credit card debt, and we were contributing to our retirement. This new business debt weighed on me. I decided to use Dave Ramsey’s 7 Baby Steps as a guide and I wrote our first Debt Freedom Plan. Storm #2: 2013.

Debt 130

Debt Emergency Fund 2007 2020 130

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JANUARY 5, 2019

So will 2019 be any different for me? My word for 2019 is REDUCE. I want to reduce our debt by paying off our last non-mortgage loan. . Our main financial goal is to pay off our last non-mortgage loan. It was a goal in 2018, but high medical bills and other financial challenges hindered our progress.

2019 100

2019 Recycle Recycled Recycling 100

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MARCH 11, 2021

Review your Yearly Goals. On January 1st, many of us are very gung-ho about writing goals but are we as enthusiastic about those goals on March 12? Do our goals still make sense now that we’re in the trenches of the new year? Take some time to review your yearly financial goals. Did you use the S.M.A.R.T.

Finance 130

Finance Cleaning Goals Insurance 130

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APRIL 11, 2020

We paid off our last non-mortgage debt in September and have since sent that loan’s monthly payment to our mortgage principal. We shopped around and test drove several, but I couldn’t shake a feeling of discomfort. We just finished paying off our non-mortgage debts and now we were considering taking out a car loan.

Budgeting 246

Budgeting Budget Family Debt 246