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“We’re Going to Hawaii when…”

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Our Debt Freedom Plan includes a family trip to Walt Disney World after we pay off our non-mortgage debt and a trip to Hawaii to celebrate paying off our mortgages. To me the trip to Hawaii is too far away to give it much thought, but I don’t think my girls will ever let us forget about it. photo credit.

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My Life Plan

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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. Write a book about our debt free journey. Achievable? Absolutely! Complete a full marathon. Volunteer more at the local food bank.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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Yet after listening to Dave’s approach, I knew I didn’t want to be anybody’s slave and if I was being honest with myself, the total amount of debt payments we made every month was ridiculous. After the FPU class, we looked at our debts differently. If others could knock out debt, we could too. Pay Off Mortgage Debt.

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Chit Chat: 06.17.18

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We want to be debt free. We want to travel to Disney and Hawaii. I’m gathering images and magazine pages to put on a bulletin board, but another way to create a vision board is making a collage on PicMonkey and post as your desktop wallpaper. We want to help pay for our daughters’ college.

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Our Debt Freedom Plan | Marriage & Money

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But I personally don’t want to be any body’s slave and the total debt payment we make every month is astounding. After the FPU class, we looked at our debts differently. Becoming debt free became appealing and the idea of being able give more, save more and live more took my breath away. But we needed a plan.

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

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Their 2017 goal is to pay off the remaining balance on their mortgage ($27,900) and be DEBT FREE! Jackie and her husband paid off $147,000 of debt in 10 years and are debt free. My husband and I also have a goal of debt freedom, but we’ve put together micro-S.M.A.R.T. goals to get us there.