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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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However, it produces a small part-time income from side-bar ads and affiliate commissions. This side hustle income was mainly used for the fun stuff, such as camping, home renovations & repairs, and needs for our kids. In 2020, we still use and are thankful for Medi-share. An Update on Medi-Share – September 2017.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

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For so long, we plodded along with next to nothing while our neighbors were running up their charge cards and using home equity loans to take vacations. We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. Peggy: Oh yes!

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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And when dining out, at least follow these 15 Smart Tips to Save Money When Eating Out. Now go through the list and really ask yourself if you use or need all of it. If you’re not using it, cancel it today and redirect that monthly money into your emergency savings. 17 – Find a part-time job.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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works in outbound sales, and I teach part-time. We committed to using a cash budget, and we talked daily at. When the second loan was paid off, we used everything to go towards. When the second loan was paid off, we used everything to go towards. came up that day that made us need to tweak some of our other budget.

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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This new strategy had us looking in the same direction with regards to our financial future and my husband was on board. We are using Dave Ramsey’s snowball method and I’m proud to say that since 2013, we’ve paid off 4 business loans totaling almost $75,000. Pay off the student loan, using the debt snowball method.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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We use an online account like, Capital One 360 (my referral link). And when dining out, at least follow these 15 Smart Tips to Save Money when Eating Out. Plan your gift giving for the year using my FREE Gift Spending excel spreadsheet. 15 – Find a part-time job. It is NOT a spending account.

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Eat to Lose Weight

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So the idea of starting to work out to lose weight did not motivate me, but after the initial cleanse helped me lose some weight, I was motivated to change the way I eat to lose weight. In my experience, I found that changing my eating habits helped me lose weight more than just exercising. Lay them out and then start cutting!