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Our 2023 Financial Goals

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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.

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5 Steps to CRUSH Debt + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

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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. If debt freedom is your goal , what can you accomplish THIS year? 1 – Calculate your debt.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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A lot of life happened over 7 years and our plan changed slightly, but our goal remains to achieve complete freedom from debt. Our 2019 Financial Goal. We can now move on to other financial goals. Our Debt Freedom Plan (October 2019 Update): Exact numbers have been omitted at this time. 1st Update in June 2014.

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Christmas Savings Club | October 2019

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Welcome to the 2019 Christmas Savings Club. On the 25th of every month from January to November in 2019, I will hold a virtual meeting on the blog to give updates on our progress, motivate one another, and help all of us save for a cash Christmas. My monthly goal is $100. My monthly goal is $100.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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Something happens mentally when you WRITE down your goals and plans for execution. 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 also had some building repairs that we needed to cash flow. Update: DONE Sept 2019!!

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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Our First Debt Freedom Plan: From saving for much-needed repairs and our emergency fund to paying off non-mortgage debts and planning for our future, we developed a 12 step Debt Freedom Plan. October 2019 Update to our Debt Freedom Plan – We PAID off 6 figures of debt!! We celebrated the achievement with a trip over Thanksgiving.

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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 moved the goal post multiple times. The Heavy Hitters: 1. We increased our income.

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