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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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This is a very controversial decision and I’ll be honest, I would never have come up with this idea on my own. But at the beginning of our journey to pay off the debt, I was listening to Dave Ramsey on the radio. But once we started our Debt Freedom Plan, we cut restaurants back to once a week.

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

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Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt. We ate at home a lot and watched our food budget carefully. It’s feels nice to spend money on a date night out.

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

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I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. Use old receipts, bank statements to get an idea of how much you must spend. I list tons of ideas: How to Slash Your Grocery Spending . During that time, I started to budget for everything.

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Find out how Richard paid off $40,000 of debt

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Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. So whether that’s hiking across the beautiful Sussex Downs, growing my own vegetables or taking my binoculars out for a spot of bird watching I rarely spend much time indoors. What inspired you to get debt free?

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

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Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. When Jon and I were married, we acknowledged that high paying careers were not on the docket for us, knowing that we wanted to have both comfortable and generous lives we decided that we would have to be incredibly diligent with our resources.

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

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It took me five years to pay off my debt but two of those years I had a job loss, I was taking care of my grandparents and I had lost my motivation and drive to pay off the debt. What inspired you to get debt free? The inspiration to pay off my debt was watching my grandmother balance her checkbook.