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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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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.

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

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Welcome to Debt Free Stories! They paid off $36,000 in debt and cash flowed graduate school. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? After graduating with our bachelor’s degrees Jon and I had about $36,000 in debt between us. What inspired you to get debt free? They blog at 2 Copper Coins.

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Update #1: Our Debt Freedom Plan

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Back in March I wrote about my family’s Debt Freedom Plan. Our plan is going to take us several years and I think celebrating will motivate us when the going gets long and tough. Our plan is going to take us several years and I think celebrating will motivate us when the going gets long and tough.

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Our 2019 Financial Goal

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In March of 2018, we had our wills, medical directives, and powers of attorney completed by an attorney. Our 2019 Financial Goal: Our one and only financial goal for the year: Pay off the student loan, our last non-mortgage debt. . I’m very motivated to focus on one goal this year. It’s similar to a deductible. #1

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The Importance Of Setting Financial New Year’s Goals

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Sometimes I procrastinate, but when I realize it’s almost time to update my financial goals on the blog, I suddenly become a lot more motivated. If you’ve saved $600 by the end of March, you can still feel like you’re a long way from your goal for the year. How much debt do you have? How much in investments?

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

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The Debt Princess: The Kool-Aid Effect: The Relationship Between the Poor & Nutrition – A look into how the working poor are eating unhealthy. Those are all great ideas, but one company is taking it a step further to help motivate us. Turn off the lights. Lower the thermostat in the winter. Read on to learn more!