Penny Pinchin' Mom

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The post The Age Old Question: Should You Pay Off Debt or Save? Should you pay off debt or save? So, you want to get started on debt repayment so you can focus on other financial goals? However, if you pay off these debts, there will be nothing left for investments in these tough financial times.

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JUNE 30, 2015

I broke my goals into two categories: Financial and Personal. Our Financial Goals: Pay off our non-mortgage debt. Pay off our mortgage debt. Celebrate debt freedom with a big family trip to Hawaii or Paris. Continue to live debt free with the ability to travel more, give more, pursue our passions.

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APRIL 19, 2016

It was a mix of college loans, a personal loan from my parents (for college), an overdraft account, and credit card debt. What inspired you to get debt free? I had tried a lot of different things to get out of debt but nothing worked. I’ve been debt-free for little bit now so I’ve been happily enjoying good coffee!

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FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Read more about Shannon’s debt free journey. What inspired you to get debt free? In January 2013 there was a blog post on Keeper of the Home that first awakened me to the concept of living debt free. We were living on one income that placed us just at the top of lower class income level.

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JULY 2, 2015

We are living in an apartment that we can pay for out of one paycheck with money left over. The money that we used to spend on debt now goes into savings. In order to maintain our debt free lifestyle, we pay cash for everything. We rarely use a credit card and if we do, we pay it off right away.

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