2020 College Debt Goals 
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.
Family Balance Sheet
OCTOBER 15, 2021
Hello, 2020. Right before the pandemic started, I opened 529 College Savings Accounts for our daughters. My oldest was in eighth grade and one of my goals for 2020 was to start saving consistently for both daughters’ college education. My Upromise strategy will help with our goal. I’ll take it!
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Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 9, 2021
Many years ago, my husband and I faced what we thought was an insurmountable hurdle– six figures of non-mortgage debts. Prior to FPU, we thought we were doing well financially and never considered that we had too much debt. But Dave Ramsey’s view of debt is very different. Debt is Dumb and Cash is King.”. “…and
Family Balance Sheet
JANUARY 2, 2021
I wanted to reduce our non-mortgage debt, my clutter, my distractions, my impact on the environment, and my consumption of sweets. After 2019, I had a lot of hope for finding a word for 2020 but struggled to find one that was meaningful to me. Read: My 2020 Financial Goals. I read more in 2020 than I have in years.
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.
Savings Corner
DECEMBER 24, 2023
Bankrate’s AdvisorMatch can connect you to a CFP® professional to help you achieve your financial goals. Debt reduction – How much do you need to pay down and how can you do it? But here’s the point: The plan needs to provide the path for you to meet your financial goals, including helping to motivate you.
Family Balance Sheet
JANUARY 8, 2020
My word was REDUCE: Non-mortgage debt to zero. There were hits and misses on this list, and many are things that I will continue to work on, but let’s recap: 1 – Reduce non-mortgage debt to zero. ALSO our 2019 Financial Goal!). We’ve been working since 2013 to pay off a boat load of non-mortgage debt.
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