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How We Frugal-ed in June 2023

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My goal has always been to live well on less while achieving our big financial goals. Both our CD and high-interest savings account are FDIC-insured and are at banks that we trust. Frugal living is not about deprivation. Instead, I look for creative ways to save my family money in all aspects of our lives.

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How this Couple Eliminated $180,000 of Debt in 12 Months!

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Knowing our bank account was empty, I was hoping that one of our maxed out credit cards would have enough room to get him $20 bucks worth of gas to get him to work the next day. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? What are your financial goals now? I am very happy.

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

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Promotions, new jobs, side work, selling stuff, etc etc… All the time we kept the same cost of living and just banked and smacked the debt in the face. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? Equally, but Drew does the data part. We went to our bank and wrote the last check IN PERSON.

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Find out How Acadia & Her Husband Paid off $97,000 in Student Loans

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Our loan payments each month were almost equal to our mortgage! We must have the money in the bank for every purchase. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? What are your financial goals now? We felt really trapped. Imagine paying for two houses at once! Give to others.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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errand every two weeks to stop by the bank, but the benefits far. bank account and we BOTH know what is there so we can BOTH use it wisely. What are your financial goals now? talked about what went out that day, what was coming up, or if something. came up that day that made us need to tweak some of our other budget.

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Find out how Richard paid off $40,000 of debt

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It was getting to the point that as soon as I got paid, covered my monthly bills and made the required debt repayments my bank account was back to zero again. It really was no way to live; constantly worrying about a surprise bill dropping through the door and how I could handle even the slightest financial emergency.

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