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Where we found money in March 2021

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I have used the extra money to pay off debt, fund family trips, or build up our Christmas savings. We’ve had an Aflac Accident plan for many years and have never needed it until the fall of 2020 when we used it twice. I donated plasma 5 times in March which is short of my goal of 8 times.

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Where I found money in February

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I have used the extra money to pay off debt, fund family trips, or build up our Christmas savings. In January 2020, we booked round-trip flights to Paris for the four of us. I donated plasma 5 times in February which is short of my goal of 8 times. Yep, I found a $20 bill on a morning run at the beach!

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Where I found EXTRA Money in May 2021

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I have used the extra money to pay off debt, fund family trips, or build up our Christmas savings. I donated plasma 4 times in May which is short of my goal of 8 times. My beautiful petunias in 2020. I made quite a bit more from the 4th quarter of 2020 where I do most of my Christmas shopping.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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There were a lot more fun and purposeful things we could have done with that money than pay the lender. After the FPU class, we looked at our debts differently. Becoming debt-free became very appealing and the idea of being able to give more, save more, and live more was the direction we wanted to go. DONE 2015. . |

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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. It was so big that I cried for two days straight– we paid off six figures in non-mortgage debts. When I first heard Dave Ramsey talk about holding off on retirement contributions, I shrugged it off.

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