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What are YOUR Financial Goals? | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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Today’s assignment: List your SMART financial goals. Earlier this year, my husband and I wrote a specific list of financial goals and named it Our Debt Freedom Plan. Prior this plan, we had set goals, but never before had we been so specific with a step by step approach. Is it to pay off your house?

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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? These folks didn’t corner the market on goal success either, instead they just got the task DONE. Their 2017 goal is to boost their savings rate and get their expenses down to $30,000 a year as they work towards financial independence.

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

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What are your hobbies? That’s about it for hobbies, as our little ones are 1 and 3. In January 2013 there was a blog post on Keeper of the Home that first awakened me to the concept of living debt free. What are your financial goals now? Today’s Debt Free Story is from Shannon. Where are you from?

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

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What are your hobbies? With tuition payments and debt payments we spent about $60,395 between January 2012 and March 2014 when we became completely debt free with two bachelor’s and two master’s degrees between us. What are your financial goals now? They paid off $36,000 in debt and cash flowed graduate school.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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If you have a big financial goal, think about how much you pay someone to do something that you are capable of doing yourself. I started donating plasma in January 2021 and earned over $1000 in the first 3 months of the year. Consider what your hobbies and interests are and look for work in those fields.

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Meet Tracy, a Single Mom Who Paid Off $41,587 | Debt Free Stories

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What are your hobbies? The company I had worked at for 12 years when I started my journey in January 2013, announced it would be making significant job cuts summer 2013. I had enjoyed a great salary working in Pharma and been far too irresponsible with what God had blessed me with to provide financially. Where are you from?

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