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

Family Balance Sheet

I love her passion for helping others along their debt free journey. Krystal & Josh’s Debt Free Story. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? It took us four years, but we paid off over $80,000 of debt! We are debt. burden for us at first were the medical bills.

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How to Save Money From Salary Without Sacrificing Your Lifestyle

Penny Pinchin' Mom

What about when your bills are simply pulling you under? Should you just pretend that you don’t have savings and increase your debt ? Your bills are going to be there, and you can’t simply not save money because you have to pay bills. Or maybe just as much as you can when you can?

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Are You Heading for Financial Disaster?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I mean, I was living from pay check to pay check , always hoping I’d find whatever money I needed to pay the bills. Like I state on my About page , I was in debt and living a life that didn’t satisfy me. Statistics show that nearly one in two Americans are in serious financial problems due to their debt levels.

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How to Prevent Three Common Disastrous Personal Financial Mistakes

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I was an expert at this; I spent every dollar I earned and juggled multiple credit cards to pay bills and buy whatever I thought I had the money for. Of course, by using credit cards for purchases and bills, I was spending money I didn’t have and probably wouldn’t have any time soon. Making weekly payments will save interest.

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Minimize Your Impact on the Environment with Your Finances

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Although my primary concern these days to get out of debt, I have been thinking a lot about what “GREEN” really means and how that impacts my everyday lifestyle. I became a vegetarian 3 years ago, and noticed my grocery bills reduced immensely. Transportation.

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Festival of Frugality #271- 10 Movies, 10 Lessons Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FIRE Getters presents Top 5 Ways To Trim Our Grocery Bills! So we spent some time researching on ways to cut down our grocery bill. Rosa Wilson presents Change of Address: 10 Reasons Your Gas Bill is So High posted at Change of Address. He keeps himself busy with several ventures and they help pays the bills.&#.

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Exploring Veteran’s Benefits

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We don’t like debt. The famous GI bill has been updated several times, but still provides significant benefits to veterans to obtain education and training. It is now known as the Post 9/11 GI bill. Transportation. You have to go figure out what they are and whether you may be eligible. VA Mortgage.

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