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

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Wonder what sets you apart from the people that seem to crush their financial goals? They pay off mountains of debt and scream about debt freedom, or maybe they save gobs of money in a record amount of time, or they have considerable success with their new small business. Make a commitment. . Be S.M.A.R.T.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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Updates on our Debt Freedom Plan over the years: Our Original Debt Freedom Plan – written in March 2014. Our 2019 Financial Goal. After years of scrimping and saving and not spending extra money on things, we have achieved the biggest financial goal we have ever set for ourselves in our 19 years of marriage.

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Find out how Jessica & Her Husband Paid off $175,000 of Debt

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At first, I was annoyed that my Sunday evenings would be taken up by a financial class but I began to really look forward to that time with my husband working on one of our goals that we set out at achieve! What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. At first we did it anyway we could find!

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Find out how Lydia & her Husband Paid off $36,000 in Debt in 2 Years

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When we were paying off debt we chose not to spend money traveling, but honestly our children were also too little to travel. What are your financial goals now? To pay off our home early. What advice do you have for someone that is paralyzed by their debt load, but wants to be debt free?

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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

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Once you have a total, you know the amount you need to start saving for and it’s not too late to find the funds. If you think you’re going to come up short on cash, check out my 25 Ideas to Find Money. Find a free court, borrow or buy rackets and balls, and go play some tennis. Once summer starts, enter the actual expense.

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5 Essential Money Tips for Newlyweds

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Pretty soon, though, you are likely to find that not everything is perfect all the time. Talk about these issues, and determine how your financial situation to look. Set Goals Together. If you want to accomplish anything together as a couple, you need to have shared goals.

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

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We have been given money ourselves during our process of paying off debt and try to remain grateful and giving. If married, who initiated the debt free goal? Were there arguments during the time you were working on your debt? We are no longer tied down to a mortgage and student loan debt.

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