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

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Daniel cut some of his business expenses by cutting out a monthly fee for a co-working space and cutting out monthly charges for services he didn’t need anymore. Finances have definitely been the biggest strain in our 11 years of marriage. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally?

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

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This meant moving to a less expensive rental, cutting cable and changing our eating-out and entertainment habits. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? How often do you and your spouse discuss your finances/budget/spending? How did you celebrate when you became debt free?

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Find Out How Ruth and Her Husband Paid off Their Mortgage

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We also stopped eating out and even went on regular spending freezes. Stop eating out. Working towards becoming debt free and finally getting on the same page with our finances was actually great for our marriage. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally?

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Find out how Jessica & Her Husband Paid off $175,000 of Debt

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We decided to declare it our year of health and align our diets and become more healthy, invest more in our community at church and clean up our finances. Soon after making that decision we found out our church in Chattanooga would be hosting Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University. Keeps us aligned together with our finances.

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How to be a Frugal Family

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Limit eating out and the activities that are outside your budget such as expensive movies and far away vacations. The unused or unconsumed items thrown in the trash equals money down the drain. Tone Down Your Entertainment Expenses Spending quality time with your family doesn’t have to be expensive. Creating a Budget is Easy.

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Meet Aja. She & her husband Paid Off $110,000 in Debt

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She writes about family, finances and faith at her blog, Principles of Increase. More diligence with finances brought in more income producing opportunities for us. We rarely argued about finances since we paid the decision to be debt free. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally?

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

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Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? How often do you and your spouse discuss your finances/budget/spending? Equally, but Drew does the data part. Drew hashes out how that will happen and the milestones to get there. Drinking water when you eat out.

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