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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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Did you make 2018 financial goals ? My husband and I discussed some ideas over our holiday break and we decided on 2 solid must-achieve financial goals for the year. If we complete them early, we’ll move on to 2 additional goals that are on our radar. What are your financial goals for 2018 and beyond?

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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The journey started in 2012 when we bought an office building for our business and then found ourselves with a lot of debt and not enough cash flow. To ease my anxiety about our new loans, we took the Financial Peace University home course and it changed how we thought about debt. Our 2019 Financial Goal. 2018 Update.

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Family Office Manager

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I read this book around the same time that I became a mother and left the full-time workforce to stay at home with our new baby. It was a hard transition for me to go from being a major financial contributor in our marriage to staying at home with a baby and not bringing in a paycheck. Discuss and agree upon all major purchases.

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For Better Savings: Use Sub Accounts to Differentiate Your Goals

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You might be saving up for a vacation, while at the same time building up your emergency fund and creating a fund for car maintenance and repairs. Take a look at your financial goals, and create sub accounts that allow you to focus on these different objectives. Money Tips' You can decide what is more important.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

We lived off my salary and banked Alan’s even before we were married so that we could build our own house (literally), paying cash as we went. A lot of blood, sweat, and tears were shed here, but we both agree that having no mortgage gave us a serious leg up on our retirement savings and other financial goals.

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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. How we got to six figures of non-mortgage debt: In the summer of 2012, we found an opportunity to purchase an office building for our small business. Everything looked great on paper. What could possibly go wrong?

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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” To get through that time, we crafted our Debt Freedom Plan , based on Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps, but tailored to meet our own needs and self-employed lifestyle. And I continued to build this website. Build up our Emergency Funds to 3-6 months of expenses. Pay off our mortgage on our office building.

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