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My Life Plan

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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. Write a book about our debt free journey. Achievable? Absolutely! Complete a full marathon. Volunteer more at the local food bank. photo credit.

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

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Advantages of Paying Off Debt From a purely financial point of view, it makes more sense to focus on debt payoff rather than directing available cash to a savings account. From a personal point of view, I much prefer living debt free. It’s a question of how to ensure the gains outweigh the losses.

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

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Anna. She is on a mission to help others become debt free. What do you and your spouse do for a living? . It was a mix of college loans, a personal loan from my parents (for college), an overdraft account, and credit card debt. What inspired you to get debt free?

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

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Shannon. She writes at Growing Slower. What do you and your spouse do for a living? 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. Where are you from?

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

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Today’s debt free story is from Stacy. 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? How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? We were debt free before I was 30 , including our home.

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