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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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We have always loved to travel and do missions work for our church. Daniel can work anywhere there is an internet connection and the kids can homeschool anywhere, but we didn’t have the money to buy the plane tickets or book AirBnB apartments. We have led 7 sessions of Financial Peace University mostly to keep ourselves motivated.

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

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We’ll live in a dorm (which fits us perfectly but we know sounds terrible to others) in our own apartment while I (Krista) work in student development providing mentoring/counseling/student discipline to the 150 women in the dorm and Jon will work right across the street as the assistant director of admissions.

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How Angela & Jeff paid off $58,000 of Debt in 2 Years

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Jeff and I are complete opposites, but have made it work for our 13 years of marriage. When I’m not working, I enjoy running and creating content for my YouTube channel. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? worth of debt. Shop with a list, and not just for food.

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Find out how Charissa and Her Husband Paid Off $7665 of Debt and Cash Flowed College

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However, since paying off our debt, I have become a much bigger fan of the baby steps laid out by Dave Ramsey and really see the wisdom in paying off debt in that fashion. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. My top tips to pay off your debt would be the following.

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Meet Carrie. She Paid Off $14,000 in Debt in 14 Months.

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After nearly a decade of working my way up the career ladder, I quit my small business accounting job to start my blog, Careful Cents. My husband is a personal chef, so he travels a lot for work and moves around the country to learn new styles of cooking. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt.

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

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I work in Finance/Accounting for a large corporation but I have also started a company called Every Single Dollar , which focuses on personal finance for single women. I had planned to pay it all off in 2.5 What inspired you to get debt free? There is only so much spending you can cut and so many hours you can work.

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

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I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. – Food: groceries, meals out, school lunches. After you work your budget, and X = ZERO, highlight all of the bills that are auto-withdrawal and taken directly out of your bank account.

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