Savings Corner

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Debt reduction – How much do you need to pay down and how can you do it? But here’s the point: The plan needs to provide the path for you to meet your financial goals, including helping to motivate you. A budgeting plan can help you understand where your money is going and how you can adjust your spending to meet your goals.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

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. Meet The Achievers: Deacon and his wife paid off $52,000 in debt in 18 months. His 2017 goal is to make $100,000 in online income.

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Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Carrie. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? After my first marriage fell apart, I ended up with over $14,000 of consumer debt, made up of a car loan and credit cards. What inspired you to get debt free? Tell us about you and your family. Where are you from?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

I will be spending my weekend working at an out of town business meeting. at Debt Roundup. 5 Tips for Motivating Yourself to Exercise More. The good news is I am back to doing Friday links. I got really behind in my reading for a while but I am back to it now. What about you all? Any great plans? How To Decide On A New Car.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Dave Ramsey is a financial coach, best-selling author, and speaker whose message of “cash is king and debt is dumb” is unrelenting. The book is designed to help you design a plan for paying off your debts and saving for a secure future. It is also full of the inspiring testimonies of ordinary people who have become debt-free.

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Savings Corner

APRIL 4, 2024

The money you tap from your home’s equity can be used to consolidate higher-interest debt or to improve your home. No matter what your motivation is for refinancing, the result should leave you better off financially. Many lenders cap cash-out refinancing at 80 percent of the home’s total value on most loan types.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 16, 2012

I started this site as a way of meeting some new people and having some interesting conversations and it has transformed into something much more than that. There are times when I have lost my motivation and wanted to just quit. The most enjoyable part of this whole thing though has been meeting all of you.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

In our very first extended family meeting, with my spouse, grown boys and their wives; each couple discussed and wrote down answers to questions that I pulled from the book Estate Planning for the Healthy, Wealthy Family. And then there’s money. Money issues can severely hamper your chance of marital success and happiness.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 1, 2015

Most of them are related to our small business, my husband’s chiropractic office, but last January I got a bee in my bonnet about debt…thank you, Dave Ramsey. I tricked …nudged my husband into following along and together we wrote out our Debt Freedom Plan. Debt Free Stories. My Themes for 2015: 1.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

As I reflect back to January 2016, I started that year pretty determined to pay off the balance of our non-mortgage debts. Unfortunately, we did not hit that goal and in part, have made some major changes to our Debt Freedom Plan. Our Debt Freedom Plan Started in 2013: The year 2012 was quite exciting for me and my husband.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 7, 2014

Most people want to see you succeed; whether your goal is to get a promotion, lose weight, get out of debt, or what have you, use your network to help get ahead. Your network can keep you motivated and focused, and also help you learn things you would struggle to on your own. Use Your Network. Use your network by asking for help.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Charissa. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? We started paying it off when we got married and became debt free just shy of our second anniversary. What inspired you to become debt free? They didn’t like debt, and as I grew up, neither did I.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 1, 2012

This dream motivates you to put in the effort. How would you like your future to look – financially secure or struggling to make ends meet? She got rid of her credit card debt using this.” This book, as well as others he has written, changed the way a whole generation of people thought about money and wealth.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 17, 2017

This summer, plan ahead to develop a system to meet and keep in contact with people at school. ” You don’t, after all, want to spend 4 years sinking into credit card debt and then have to dig your way out while trying to start your career. They are filled via current employee connections.

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Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Is your goal to be debt free? They’ve read our family’s Debt Freedom Plan ; we keep it on the refrigerator door. I love to read and hear stories from others who have become debt free. You’ll meet: Krista & Jon, a young couple who paid off $36,000 in debt AND cash flowed graduate school.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Rendezvous kiss : With a note or phone call, tell your loved one to meet you at a certain place and time (e.g. Frugal Dad reminds us that the war on debt starts at home and until we make changes there, we are never going to win the battle. Reducing Debt. Out of Debt Again - H&R Block at Home Premium. Where are you at?

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 11, 2014

Welcome to Debt Free Stories. She paid off $41,587 in debt in 14 months! How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? What inspired you to get debt free? I was inspired to get debt free for 2 main reasons: 1. We wanted to enter into marriage debt free. (He Where are you from? in 14 months.The

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 25, 2023

And if you’re worried about being able to save enough of your earnings to meet your retirement goals , building wealth through passive income is a strategy that might appeal to you, too. And motivation could be hard to maintain: Every next photo might be your lottery ticket, though it almost certainly won’t be.

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For the Mommas

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Rather, it’s the little purchases that start to hurt us over time and prevent us from meeting our saving goals. However, if you’re saving for something specific like a vacation, it’s easier to find the motivation to keep saving instead of spending. Set Specific Goals. You aren’t limited to just thrift stores.

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Saving Everyday

JANUARY 10, 2012

Today is the first day I feel somewhat human and motivated. The debt of gratitude that I feel for all of you, most of whom I will never meet, is indescribable. My first week of 2012 didn’t go exactly as planned. I have been sick as a dog. Like don’t-want-to-get-out-of-bed sick. The loss of my Dad was devastating. I still cry.

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Savings Corner

APRIL 4, 2024

California homeowners with active Allstate home insurance were not dropped, but the insurer stated that “wildfires, higher costs for repairing homes and higher reinsurance premiums” motivated the choice to limit new business. Allstate car insurance In our Allstate insurance review, Allstate car insurance received a Bankrate Score of 3.9

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