Family Balance Sheet

MAY 6, 2020

How Our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic. 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. This new business debt weighed on me. Our first storm: 2007. Yep, life was good.

Debt 130

Debt Emergency Fund 2007 2020 130

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Our Debt Freedom Plan has been a long winding road. The journey started in 2012 when we bought an office building for our business and then found ourselves with a lot of debt and not enough cash flow. To ease my anxiety about our new loans, we took the Financial Peace University home course and it changed how we thought about debt.

Debt 100

Debt 2019 Financial Goals Emergency Fund 100

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 19, 2014

Prior to FPU, we thought we were doing well financially and never considered that we had too much debt. We didn’t have credit card debt, we paid off our car notes early, and the interest rate on the student loan was at a low 2.75%, so we thought we were doing okay. But Dave Ramsey’s view of debt is very different.

Debt 100

Debt Money Emergency Fund Goals 100

Saving With Shellie

JULY 22, 2011

I just thought I’d give you an update of how I’m doing so far. I encouraged you to build an emergency fund or pay down debt with your savings. Deidre at Cuckoo for Coupon Deals is pledging to be Debt Free in Three Years. I pledged to save $100 per week or more. Last week I saved $121.89

Goals 49

Goals Emergency Fund Financial Goals Debt 49

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 17, 2018

This is our very last non-mortgage loan and we send an extra payment every month as part of our Debt Freedom Plan. I’ll apply that money to the debt. What We Won’t Give Up: My motto has always been “living well on less” and now it will be “living well on (even) less”. You can read my original post: Our Debt Freedom Plan Begins.

Financial Goals 113

Financial Goals Goals 2018 Debt 113

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 8, 2018

I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. You are directing your money where to go–giving YOU the authority over your money. How to Watch Great TV without Cable – We were able to cut $50/month by giving up cable, yet we still watch great TV.

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Budgeting Budget Financial Goals Goals 133