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4 Ways to Enhance Your Financial New Year’s Resolutions

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Whether it’s helping others, travel, or living debt-free, view your money as a resource that can help you live your preferred lifestyle. Give your money a purpose that matters to you, and the resolutions to get you there will follow. Get help setting financial goals, and working toward them.

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The Age Old Question: Should You Pay Off Debt or Save?

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Should you pay off debt or save? So, you want to get started on debt repayment so you can focus on other financial goals? However, if you pay off these debts, there will be nothing left for investments in these tough financial times. What gives? And there are tons of other benefits as well.

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My Life Plan

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I broke my goals into two categories: Financial and Personal. Our Financial Goals: Pay off our non-mortgage debt. Pay off our mortgage debt. Celebrate debt freedom with a big family trip to Hawaii or Paris. Continue to live debt free with the ability to travel more, give more, pursue our passions.

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

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What do you and your spouse do for a living? Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. I’m Shannon Brown, and I’m a crunchy Christian mama blessed to live in beautiful North Idaho. Read more about Shannon’s debt free journey.

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

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She writes about simple living, parenting and her family’s foster story at Fostering Simplicity. What do you and your spouse do for a living? Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. We ended up buying a house from a relative, which put us in even more debt.

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Find out how Anna paid off $23,605 in college, personal loans, and credit cards.

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I ended up having to give myself a small $20 monthly allowance to spend on, with, or for Aaron because the Spending Fast was causing so much tension. I knew if I didn’t give in on the Spending Fast a little bit I’d be forced to give the whole thing up. I was desperate to get out of debt so I gave in so I could keep going.

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Meet Stacy. She and her husband paid off $20,000 in 8 Months.

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She shares delicious recipes, money saving tips and frugal living posts at her blog, Stacy Makes Cents. What do you and your spouse do for a living? Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. We live in Southwest Virginia – I was born and raised here.

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