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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

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What are your hobbies? . I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. After trying to extend credit to finance the vacation and we were denied (best thing to ever happen to us) we realized we made too much money to be living like this and something had to change. Tell us about you and your family.

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Imagining Your Retirement

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Or perhaps you want to find time for that hobby that you can never seem to fit into your busy schedule. While being focused on your lifestyle in retirement will help you be intentional about contributing money towards your retirement, it isn’t all about finances. Do you want to stay close to your family?

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The Best and Worst Times to Side Hustle

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In the personal finance world, there’s a lot of discussion regarding “side hustles”, also known as extra income opportunities, side jobs, survival jobs, etc. Working a full time job in addition to cultivating a side hustle, along with everything else you do (working out, cultivating hobbies, raising a family, etc), is A LOT.

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Take Control of Your Retirement Planning in 2016

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Do you want to spend time on your hobbies? Starting today, take charge of your finances. People will spend hours planning a one week’s vacation, but fail to put in time to plan their retirement years that could last decades. It was my way to contribute to our finances while I was staying at home with her.

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

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She is the co-founder of the website, Little Light on a Hill , where she writes about faith, family, and finances. Be sure to check out her website where she is offering a free finance workbook if you subscribe to her newsletter. What are your hobbies? works in outbound sales, and I teach part-time. Where are you from?

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Find out How Acadia & Her Husband Paid off $97,000 in Student Loans

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What are your hobbies? It took us two years of my husband working full-time at his job and then using every other second to work on the house. We sacrificed a lot of time together and took on a lot of stress during this time. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally?

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

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What are your hobbies? Drew works full time for Department of Defense. Farrah works part time for Department of Defense. It’s been busy with the babies and so much work/income that hobbies lately have been sleeping (if we can) and traveling. How often do you and your spouse discuss your finances/budget/spending?

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