Financial Goals Pay Off Debt Saving Money Simple 
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
If you want to accomplish anything together as a couple, you need to have shared goals. Whether you want to pay off debt or save for retirement or get a new TV, you have to be in agreement on the big stuff. You’ll be trying to keep things simple and inexpensive, while he or she spends.
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?
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Family Balance Sheet
AUGUST 5, 2015
We had become so accustomed to living off both incomes that we really had to re-adjust a few lifestyle choices so we could live off just my husbands income. This ultimately is what put us on the fast track for paying off debt in such a quick amount of time. If married, who initiated the debt free goal?
Family Balance Sheet
JULY 2, 2015
Today’s Debt Free Story is from Acadia. She writes about simple living, parenting and her family’s foster story at Fostering Simplicity. We began to realize that each item we own costs us something, either our time to maintain it or our money. Not to say that we are unwise with our money. Where are you from?
Family Balance Sheet
DECEMBER 10, 2014
Another book that really helped was The Debt-Free Spending Plan by JoAnnah Nagler. Her ideas were simple to implement and only took a few minutes a day. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. Aside from the normal saving money ideas, I started bartering for extra services that I needed.
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. A budget could help you avoid late and insufficient funds fees, find money for an upcoming trip or expense, and ease a disagreement over finances in a marriage. Total your expenses.
Family Balance Sheet
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
I also appreciated the simple, common-sense advice and the baby steps. It was after I started listening to Dave Ramsey, that I started thinking about getting out of debt more quickly and realizing that it was definitely possible to become debt free. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt.
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