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Meet Doug & Laura. They Paid off $23,000 in 16 Months. | Debt Free Stories

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We put any extra money that would come in toward our debt. What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt. Make paying off debt a priority. I wrote a blog post telling people how we did it. Look over your current budget.

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Find out how Lydia & her Husband Paid off $36,000 in Debt in 2 Years

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Lydia. She blogs about living a limitless life on a limited budget at Frugal Debt Free Life. So I take the clothing or grocery budget and stretch it as far as I can. How did you celebrate when you became debt free? To pay off our home early. Where are you from?

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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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They seem to be everywhere on Facebook, blogs, radio shows, and websites. They pay off mountains of debt and scream about debt freedom, or maybe they save gobs of money in a record amount of time, or they have considerable success with their new small business. ” Pay off Debt.

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

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It just felt so stinkin’ good to be done paying. When I got the official letters saying we had paid off. Then I wrote a series about it on my blog. What habits did you form while being debt free that will now stick. racks FIRST when shopping for clothes and shoes. you are debt free? other people.

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Meet Carrie. She Paid Off $14,000 in Debt in 14 Months.

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Carrie. She blogs about at Careful Cents where she helps creative freelancers and solopreneurs make a living from their craft. After nearly a decade of working my way up the career ladder, I quit my small business accounting job to start my blog, Careful Cents. Where are you from?

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

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That meant no vacations, no new clothes, no eating out, nothing. This immediately let me slash a huge amount off my monthly spending – though of course it wasn’t much fun at the time! Debt Negotiation – I started to wonder whether the money I owed was “fixed” or not. Yes, but not yet!

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