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

Family Balance Sheet

Drew works full time for Department of Defense. Farrah works part time for Department of Defense. ACTUAL MONEY PUT TOWARDS DEBT OVER 5 YEARS (because of interest during the 5 years) – $200,000. Once we got married we realized we have great jobs and a great income, but where is all the money going?

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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

I’ve since spent much time going through the archives. How did you get interested in saving money? Over the years I’ve developed my personal philosophy of money and lifestyle through a combination of minimalism and simple living content, the FIRE movement including Frugalwoods and The Simple Path to Wealth, Dave Ramsey.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Our daughter is 24 and was adopted from Eastern Europe when she was one week short of a year old. How did you get interested in saving money? I learned to save money by watching my parents. (I Our mom stayed home to raise us kids; she went to work part-time in the local school system after both my brother and I were in school.