Family Balance Sheet
MAY 6, 2020
How Our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic. And I was pregnant with our youngest daughter, so what should have been a joyous year was quite a stressful one. We’d survived the dip in 2007, carried no credit card debt, and we were contributing to our retirement. This new business debt weighed on me.
Family Balance Sheet
JUNE 30, 2015
At the time, I wasn’t sure how we were going to pay our monthly bills, so future plans like funding our retirement , our daughters’ college education, or a lavish vacation were not on my mind. Our Financial Goals: Pay off our non-mortgage debt. Pay off our mortgage debt. Contribute to our retirement funds.
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Family Balance Sheet
OCTOBER 15, 2021
Right before the pandemic started, I opened 529 College Savings Accounts for our daughters. My oldest was in eighth grade and one of my goals for 2020 was to start saving consistently for both daughters’ college education. We want to assist them in financing their college years and we needed to make some progress.
Family Balance Sheet
JUNE 4, 2015
However a few years ago, we found ourselves with too much debt and not enough cash. Within a year after settlement, we found ourselves with a lot of debt, not enough cash flow, and very little set aside for emergencies. We had our daughters later in life and at a crucial time in our lives, I stopped our retirement contribution.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
We all have been taught that a college degree is the path to the good life, but is it still – when students are emerging with heavy debt and little chance of a lucrative job? But, at least I graduated without debt. Should today’s high school students consider avoiding the debt and going after those jobs instead? Occupation.
Family Balance Sheet
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
We carried no credit card debt and we contributed to our retirement. We had a lot of debt, not enough cash flow, and very little set aside for emergencies. The extra debt that we took on was beginning to suffocate us, so I sat down and created a step-by-step plan. I created our Debt Freedom Plan and we still follow it today.
Family Balance Sheet
JANUARY 11, 2016
As the mother of two young daughters I can totally relate to delusional thoughts about fairies as I have been waiting for the cleaning fairy to stop by for years. Currently, we are snowballing our non-mortgage debts, otherwise known as Baby Step 2. This post is sponsored by Chris Hogan and Retire Inspired.
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