Family Balance Sheet
JANUARY 26, 2016
It has been my obsession goal since we found ourselves in a dicey situation back in August 2013. We will cut back, but it is unrealistic for me to say we won’t eat out at all this year. We do budget for dining out and this year, we will need to be more diligent about staying within that budget. Restaurants.
Family Balance Sheet
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
We actually talk about money and our short- and long-term financial goals a lot, but not so much about spending. Of course I know how much he spent on the cool car he saved up for after we were out of debt, and he knows the crazy amount I spent to go to Antarctica. What are your financial goals now?
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Family Balance Sheet
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
We definitely spend a lot more money on eating out at restaurants and using babysitters now that we are debt free. It’s feels nice to spend money on a date night out. What are your financial goals now? Thank you, Amanda & Daniel, for being so honest with your debt free story. Paying off debt can be done!
Family Balance Sheet
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
A HUGE chunk of that thanks to my husband. Thank goodness its illegal to sell cute little children, because I would have gotten a pretty penny for my son. We started cooking at home more, a big issue for us was eating out. What are your financial goals now? We sold EVERYTHING! We stopped buying stuff.
Family Balance Sheet
MARCH 18, 2015
We paid off our law school and car loans several years ago, just because we didn’t like having them hang over our heads, but then we took a Financial Peace University class and made it our goal to pay off our house as well. We also stopped eating out and even went on regular spending freezes. Stop eating out.
Family Balance Sheet
AUGUST 4, 2014
This meant moving to a less expensive rental, cutting cable and changing our eating-out and entertainment habits. We did cut back on eating out quite a bit and we are people that LOVE to try new foods. What are your financial goals now? I took on a babysitting job for about 8-9 hours a week.
Family Balance Sheet
JUNE 16, 2015
We gave up eating out, cable, driving as many places. What are your financial goals now? Put it on actual paper and pull it out once in a while and look at it just to remind yourself of what you are working toward. Thank you, Lydia, for sharing your family’s story. We gave up a lot of things.
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