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Setting Financial Goals: Make Them Smart and Simple

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Those who just go along, hoping for the best, are usually the ones who struggle financially or get themselves into too much debt. Setting financial goals is an important part of planning to achieve financial security and have enough money in your retirement years to live the way you want. Would you like to travel?

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2012 Financial Goals

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We talked through some issues and opportunities for our business and our personal, family, and financial goals. We are still working through some numbers and there might be some adjustments in the timelines we have given ourselves, but these are our financial priorities for 2012. Our 2012 Financial Goals.

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4 Ways to Enhance Your Financial New Year’s Resolutions

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Whether it’s helping others, travel, or living debt-free, view your money as a resource that can help you live your preferred lifestyle. Educate Yourself. Educate yourself about how money works, and how to make the most of it. Get help setting financial goals, and working toward them. What do you think?

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My Life Plan

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A few years ago, we were struggling financially and I felt like our situation was hopeless. At the time, I wasn’t sure how we were going to pay our monthly bills, so future plans like funding our retirement , our daughters’ college education, or a lavish vacation were not on my mind. Contribute to our retirement funds.

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My 2020 Financial Goals & A Recap of 2019

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ALSO our 2019 Financial Goal!). It was a long road and we were finally non-mortgage debt FREE!! In 2019, I chose a word that encapsulated our financial goal for the year and other habits that I wanted to work on. We have not put a single dime away for our daughters’ education. Moving on to 2020!

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

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Welcome to Debt Free Stories! We met in college and currently both feel drawn toward higher education. While we currently live in Oregon, in a few weeks we will be moving to western New York to both start new careers in higher education. What inspired you to get debt free? Who initiated the debt free goal?

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Family Office Manager

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Today at age 50+, I still optimize our cash flow, but my focus is shifting towards saving with our daughters’ future education costs, building our net worth, and planning for our retirement years. We have been in our home for over 20 years and I’ve refinanced for better rates at least five times, mostly for free.

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