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Find out How Chris & His Wife Paid off $52,000 in 7 Months

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She’s a television news anchor, I’m a firefighter, and together we made great money. No more shopping, no more random Target trips, no more Home Depot weekends, and no more cable television. I started changing the oil in our cars, I became our landscaper, and we both cut out any monthly bill that wasn’t a requirement for living.

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3 Important Lessons in Living Frugally, But Not Too Frugally

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Cutting back on landscaping services, for example, might seem like a big slash through an unnecessary expense. For example, if you’ve gotten yourself down from five-digit credit card debt to a zero balance, then your monthly bills are the lowest they can be, so it’s okay to spend a little on yourself.

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