Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 18, 2019

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.

Debt 100

Debt 2019 Financial Goals Emergency Fund 100

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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?

Debt 236

Debt Debt Free Pay Off Debt Financial Goals 236

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 8, 2018

I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. Personally, budgeting has allowed us to control of our money, reach financial goals, and start planning for our dream life. But if you have a membership, but don’t use it, CANCEL.

Budgeting 133

Budgeting Budget Financial Goals Goals 133

Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 10, 2014

I also decided I didn’t need extra luxuries like my gym membership and cable TV. I told myself that it I would only be sacrificing these things for a short period of time and could sign up for them again after I got my debt under control. He leaves most of the financial goals up to me, but we make the decisions together.

Debt 227

Debt Debt Free Financial Goals Goals 227

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 22, 2020

In September 2019, my husband and I accomplished our biggest financial goal in our almost 20 years of marriage. It was so big that I cried for two days straight– we paid off six figures in non-mortgage debts. We stopped paying for our gym membership. . Read: How to Get a FREE Gym Membership.

Debt 130

Debt Health Insurance Insurance Budgeting 130