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Repair, Don’t Replace

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I give away perfectly good electronics because they are ‘out of date’ – they don’t work with new software. I used to darn my family’s socks, but now don’t. I remember when there was a shoe repair shop on almost every corner.

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

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My wife is in sales for a software company and I am a fundraiser for a local non-profit that helps the homeless. The tension would come when we didn’t have a plan and didn’t communicate about finances. We also went out for a nice dinner and treated ourselves to new running shoes and running clothes. What kind of debt was it?

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