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My Word for 2019

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So will 2019 be any different for me? My word for 2019 is REDUCE. 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. My plan is for 2019 to be different. In fact, I turn 50 in 2019.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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Number 4 was knocked out in 2019. We sent our very last payment to my husband’s student loan in September 2019, the same month I turned 50. We originally (and naively) estimated that we would be done by end of 2016, however, 2016 was not been kind to us, and we moved this goal into 2017. Update: DONE Sept 2019!!

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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. The Heavy Hitters: 1. We increased our income. But at one time, we ate out quite a bit.

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