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5 Essential Money Tips for Newlyweds

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Being a newlywed means you have a few things to get used to, and that includes the way you handle your finances. As you begin to navigate the waters of newlywed finances, here are 5 money tips that can help you out: 1. Get to the Bottom of Your Money Motivations. Decide on Separate vs. Joint Spending. Set Goals Together.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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Hello and welcome to the 316th Carnival of Personal Finance- Family Edition. I know I sometimes get bogged down with too many options and I can take forever to make a decision. Philip from Deliver Away Debt shares his story: How I Delivered Away My Debt. If we make effort we will succeed. How about you?

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living? We have led 7 sessions of Financial Peace University mostly to keep ourselves motivated. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. Who initiated the debt free goal? Where would you go?

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Remember, Slow and Steady Wins the Race

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Ask yourself : Do you start saving or paying off debt with a superhuman resolve- determined to avoid all temptation- only to fall off the wagon and give up hope in a matter of a few days? I started making smaller consistent payments that I could afford month after month and before I knew it my debt was gone.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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He makes it really simple and you should Google it if you haven’t heard of his steps. Our personal finances are so interwoven with our small business finances that we view them as one. We chose the name, Our Debt Freedom Plan , and we referred to it often when we needed to make financial decisions.

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Meet Jackie. She and Her Husband Paid off $147,000 in Debt | Debt Free Stories

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About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) But it wasn’t a decade of nothing but paying off debt. When we first started we couldn’t have even conceived of becoming completely debt free. What inspired you to get debt free?

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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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I interviewed several personal finance bloggers that have conquered their past financial goals and continue to challenge themselves going forward. Meet The Achievers: Deacon and his wife paid off $52,000 in debt in 18 months. His 2017 goal is to make $100,000 in online income. Make a commitment. . Make it visual.