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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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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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2019 Christmas Savings Club

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It’s 20 degrees outside and all you want to focus on is warmer weather and summer vacation. I promise I won’t start reciting Christmas carols, but while the holidays are still somewhat fresh in our minds, I think it would be a good idea to start planning for Christmas 2019. Step 1: Create a 2019 Christmas Budget.

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Will Opposites Attract as Summer Warms Hearts and Minds? Author and Psychotherapist/Theologian Offers Unique Perspectives

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People will be socializing more, enjoying the weather and taking vacations … trying new experiences, making new friends and putting as much of the bad news as they can in their rear-view mirrors. He also wrote that, while oneness may be an obvious positive goal, diversity should be embraced as well. “On

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Our Family Finances Update: January 2021

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We think we’ll use the money towards summer vacation. The backstory: In November 2019, my van was in need of new tires and I was debating on whether to get the new tires or start looking for a replacement vehicle. I talk a lot about debt freedom and that is still a goal of ours, and our Debt Freedom Plan will be adjusted.

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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When that loan was paid off, we put that full monthly amount towards the third loan and this continued until September 2019 when we made our last non-mortgage loan payment. We methodically worked through our plan and in September 2019 we were treated with the ultimate reward for our hard work– freedom from our non-mortgage debts!

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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This is not an elective, fun, no-spend month like what we did in January to find funds for our summer vacation. After paying off our last non-mortgage debt in September 2019, we updated our Debt Freedom Plan. We were privileged to be able to do so for a few months but we must stop this for the unforeseeable future.

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