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What are YOUR Financial Goals? | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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Today’s assignment: List your SMART financial goals. Earlier this year, my husband and I wrote a specific list of financial goals and named it Our Debt Freedom Plan. Prior this plan, we had set goals, but never before had we been so specific with a step by step approach. Is it to pay off your house?

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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Updates on our Debt Freedom Plan over the years: Our Original Debt Freedom Plan – written in March 2014. Our 2019 Financial Goal. After years of scrimping and saving and not spending extra money on things, we have achieved the biggest financial goal we have ever set for ourselves in our 19 years of marriage.

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Meet Jackie. She and Her Husband Paid off $147,000 in Debt | Debt Free Stories

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I quit my job to focus on my own stuff (blogging, painting, rental property, my iPhone app, writing Kindle books, etc.). Quitting my job is one of the things being debt free has enabled us to do. have barely any bills and be able to live off passive income. But it wasn’t a decade of nothing but paying off debt.

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

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When my wife and I got married, we both made the decision that our first financial priority would be becoming debt free. Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living? We put any extra money that would come in toward our debt. Make paying off debt a priority.

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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She blogs about books at [link]. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? We paid off $68,000 of debt in eight months. The debt included about $30,000 in student loans, some medical debt, IRS debt, and a small amount on a credit card. Paying off debt can be done!

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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

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– Look for coupons on Groupon, your local coupon magazine, the Bonus Book, or the course’s website. They’re all designed to help you save money, pay off debt, and achieve your financial goals, so please take advantage of them. Play miniature golf. Hit the tennis courts.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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Begin by both of you reading Dave Ramsey’s book, The Total Money Makeover (affiliate link) , as this book was definitely instrumental in directing us along. If you read his book or are familiar with his steps, you’ll see the difference. Paying off debt is not fun. Prioritize.

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