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

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We also went through multiple job losses, surgeries, huge car repairs, etc. Travel, buy fun stuff, give gifts, help others, work if I feel like it and not if I don’t, etc. We asked for raises, did work on the side, got better jobs, I started a business, etc. Building an emergency fund also helps enormously.

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