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Meet Doug & Laura. They Paid off $23,000 in 16 Months. | Debt Free Stories

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Welcome to Debt Free Stories. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. What inspired you to get debt free? I went through Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University when I was 18 years old. Make paying off debt a priority. Where are you from?

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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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Wonder what sets you apart from the people that seem to crush their financial goals? They pay off mountains of debt and scream about debt freedom, or maybe they save gobs of money in a record amount of time, or they have considerable success with their new small business. Jessi and her husband paid off her student loans.

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Meet Jackie. She and Her Husband Paid off $147,000 in Debt | Debt Free Stories

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Welcome to Debt Free Stories. She and her husband paid off $147,000 in debt–including their home. After paying off the debt, she was able to quit her job to pursue her passion. She blogs at The Debt Myth. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality.

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The Age Old Question: Should You Pay Off Debt or Save?

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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. You are one emergency short of losing track of your finances.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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After the FPU class, we looked at our debts differently. Becoming debt-free became very appealing and the idea of being able to give more, save more, and live more was the direction we wanted to go. We also didn’t feel comfortable with Dave’s suggestion of a $1000 starter emergency fund, which is his step #1.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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Updates on our Debt Freedom Plan over the years: Our Original Debt Freedom Plan – written in March 2014. Our 2019 Financial Goal. After years of scrimping and saving and not spending extra money on things, we have achieved the biggest financial goal we have ever set for ourselves in our 19 years of marriage.

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My Life Plan

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I broke my goals into two categories: Financial and Personal. Our Financial Goals: Pay off our non-mortgage debt. Increase our emergency fund to 6 months of expenses. Contribute to our retirement funds. Pay off our mortgage debt. Write a book about our debt free journey.