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Our Big Financial Goal for 2016

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Thankfully, we have worked through those trials and the experience actually made a positive impact on our finances. Choose Thrift First. I have made a pact with myself that if I don’t already own something that I need, I will either: make do with what I have, find said item at a thrift store, borrow, or forget about it.

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My 2020 Financial Goals & A Recap of 2019

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I feel like I made a lot of trips to the thrift store to donate our stuff, but my house will tell you otherwise. That book has changed my outlook on reusing, recycling, making do, and rethinking one use products. My outlook on our finances is a bit different now that we tackled paying off our non-mortgage debts.