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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. Quitting my job is one of the things being debt free has enabled us to do.

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WHY We Want to Be Debt Free

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A few weeks ago, my husband and I had an intense discussion about finances. Frustration makes you question your WHY. Why are we jumping through these hoops to be debt free? Why are we jumping through these hoops to be debt free? WHY do we want to be debt free? “What is debt, mommy?”

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Amanda & Daniel. Together they blog about becoming debt free and location independence in order to serve the world at Life with a Mission. Amanda currently homeschools their three kids. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it?

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Reader Story: It’s Never too Late to Start: Personal Finance Planning for Over-40s

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I mean, I was young, life was good, things were happening; what did I need all that finance stuff for? Then life got in the way – my career took off, I got married, had a couple of kids and settled into a busy lifestyle. Better late than never’ is a good approach to personal finance for the over 40s. I was doing OK!

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Shannon. He now works as an architect, and I do some freelance from home now that we have kids. As many students do these days, we had tens of thousands of dollars of debt by the time we graduated with our Masters degrees. Read more about Shannon’s debt free journey.

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Find out how Deacon & his Wife Paid off $52,000 of Debt in 18 Months

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Deacon. I have a passion to help people take control of their finances so that they can live the life they want to have. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? We paid off $52,000 in consumer debt. What inspired you to get debt free?

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Find out How Acadia & Her Husband Paid off $97,000 in Student Loans

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Acadia. We have a 5 year old son and are in the process of adopting our 2 year old and 4 month old foster sons, making us parents of 3 boys! But in the end, we ended up making enough profit to pay off our debt entirely and still put some into savings! Where are you from?

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