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7 Ways to Improve Your Diet

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Cook at home. Cooking at home not only saves you money but it also keeps you in control of what you are putting into your body. By planning ahead, the task of cooking at home doesn’t need to be time consuming. This keeps you from getting bored and keeps you motivated to eat well.

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Start Small; Dream Big: Achieving Financial Security From Small Beginnings

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This book, as well as others he has written, changed the way a whole generation of people thought about money and wealth. This dream motivates you to put in the effort. I discovered that most of the stuff I bought, I didn’t really need so it was fairly simple to change my spending habits to save money.”

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

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After getting my husband on board, we bought The Total Money Makeover on audio book and would listed to it on repeat daily. We also listed to The Dave Ramsey Show every day for daily motivation while we worked the baby steps. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. We sold EVERYTHING!

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Remember to Celebrate Your Success

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To often, when it comes to saving money, we spend a lot of time on what we haven’t accomplished- or we downplay what we have accomplished. But, I’m convinced that celebrating success is much more motivating than punishing yourself for real or imagined failures. Maxing out your retirement savings account.

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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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It took me five years to pay off my debt but two of those years I had a job loss, I was taking care of my grandparents and I had lost my motivation and drive to pay off the debt. And I cut back on lifestyle – cooking food at home, taking the bus to work vs driving and paying for parking, etc. Was there a particular event?