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How this Couple Eliminated $180,000 of Debt in 12 Months!

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No new clothes, no vacation, no extra anything. We started cooking at home more, a big issue for us was eating out. So we would cook at home and take leftovers for lunch the next day. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? We were sticky on a spending freeze.

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Keeping it Simple: Strategies for Financial Security

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Take personal finances, for example; too many people over-think their finances, with the result that it all seems too hard. The more complicated your finances are, the harder it all seems. Simple finances work for you rather than against you, so it’s a win-win. What kinds of tricks have you used to manage your finances?

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

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I pointed out the multitude of new blogs related to saving money, being frugal, getting debt under control and learning about finances. For so long, we plodded along with next to nothing while our neighbors were running up their charge cards and using home equity loans to take vacations. We didn’t have a clothes dryer.

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

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I work in Finance/Accounting for a large corporation but I have also started a company called Every Single Dollar , which focuses on personal finance for single women. Stop eating out – it’s so much better for your wallet and your waistline to cook at home. I will NEVER finance a car again.