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Introducing the 2015 Choose Thrift First Challenge

Family Balance Sheet

So for 2015, I want to challenge myself and you, to rethink our purchases by taking advantage of more cost effective solutions, like borrowing, buying second hand, or just making do with what we already have. Our youngest daughter’s dresser practically disintegrated into pieces over the holiday break.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

We hit our Annual Household Portion (kind of like a deductible) of $10,000 with Medi-Share in 2017 when our daughter had an unexpected medical condition arise that required multiple tests, 3 surgeries, and medication. I don’t want to use the term extreme frugality, because that sounds absolutely horrible. Choose Thrift First.