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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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We have led 7 sessions of Financial Peace University mostly to keep ourselves motivated. We sold extra items that we weren’t using through Craigslist and garage sales. We do meet every month to go over expenses and needs. When something unexpected comes up we have another budget meeting. Who could you give money to?

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Christmas Savings Club | July Meeting

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On the 25th of every month from January to November in 2013, I''m holding a virtual meeting for the Christmas Savings Club. The goal for this monthly accountability meeting is to give updates on our progress, motivate one another, and help all of us save for a cash Christmas. On with the July meeting. Cut your cable TV.

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Christmas Savings Club | June Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

On the 25th of every month from January to November in 2013, I''m holding a virtual meeting for the Christmas Savings Club. The goal for this monthly accountability meeting is to give updates on our progress, motivate one another, and help all of us save for a cash Christmas. On with the June meeting. Cut your cable TV.

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Flaky Accountability Partners

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I usually use Yahoo Meetup groups to meet new people when I’m feeling extra social. Well, I’ve been looking for people interested in exercising in my area, but the only groups I can find meet up at gyms. So I branched out to find a partner for motivation. Posting on Craigslist. Yahoo Meetup Groups. Hi Everybody!

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Introducing the 2015 Choose Thrift First Challenge

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That’s motivation to take some time to scour Craigslist and some local second hand furniture stores this week. On the last Thursday of each month from January to November in 2015, I’ll hold a virtual meeting (a post) where we will discuss how we did for the month. One of the frames was perfect for what I needed.

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Meet Carrie. She Paid Off $14,000 in Debt in 14 Months.

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Many of their ideas were inspiring and their stories continued to motivate me through the entire process. I also downsized my lifestyle and sold extra furniture, clothes, and jewelry, on Craigslist. The daily finances are handled my me, but my husband and I have weekly money check-ins and monthly budget meetings.

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

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Find stuff on the side of the road and sell it on craigslist or Facebook. Nice visuals and monthly budget meetings kept us on track and accountable. Well that’s not in the budget so you better sell something on craigslist… Lamp sold, go get a pedi now. We had little temperature gauges that tracked our debt.

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