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Find out how Charissa and Her Husband Paid Off $7665 of Debt and Cash Flowed College

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Charissa. We started paying it off when we got married and became debt free just shy of our second anniversary. What inspired you to become debt free? I had watched my parents pay off their debt, including their house, when I was a pre-teen, which really influenced me.

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A Sweeter Way to Cook Your Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I treated the baking process like it was an end in itself and not a tool to get what I wanted. Do you want to be debt free? Do you want to help your kids with college? What I wanted was a glorious, masterpiece cookie to shame all others. I’ve failed at many budgets this way. Start with what you want to achieve or attain.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

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” Jen presents 6 Free Financial Resources & Tools to Improve Your Finances posted at Master the Art of Saving , saying, “If youre interested in monitoring or improving your finances, then you probably dont want to be spending money to do it. You see theres a reason that the majority of people are in debt.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

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The Skilled Investor , Editor Budgeting and Economics Little House presents The Five Tool Budgeter posted at Little House in the Valley , saying, “In baseball, a five-tool player is one who excels in some of the game’s major skills: fielding, base running, hitting for power, hitting for contact, and throwing ability.

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