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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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And I was pregnant with our youngest daughter, so what should have been a joyous year was quite a stressful one. Our emergency fund. I am totally paraphrasing the year, but had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. It was a scary time for us.

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Our Big Financial Goal for 2016

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We have a retirement to plan , our daughters’ college to save for, and many places to visit. SO THIS WILL BE THE YEAR…YAY… WOOHOO… BUT……in order to reach our goal by the end of the year, we need to find/earn more money than we currently are able to come up with each month. Choose Thrift First.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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emergency fund, so we started throwing what little extra we had straight. We learned to travel with. 4 – The biggest thing is finding like-minded friends. Find friends who have some of the same. daughter’s tenth birthday. family, and traveled with my in-laws who were gracious enough to help with.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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We hit our Annual Household Portion (kind of like a deductible) of $10,000 with Medi-Share in 2017 when our daughter had an unexpected medical condition arise that required multiple tests, 3 surgeries, and medication. However, we could use a year of extra thriftiness to find any extra funds to accelerate the $10k. 2017 Update.