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

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Daniel is a WordPress plugin developer at grow development and blogs at [link]. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. We sold extra items that we weren’t using through Craigslist and garage sales.

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Find Out How Olivia & Her Husband Paid off Their Mortgage in 33 Months

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We made sure we could afford the monthly payments on a 15 year mortgage, with the mindset that we would pay more each month. What inspired you to get debt free? There were two things that inspired us to pay off debt. I talk a lot about this in my post “Top 4 Ways to Pay Off Debt” but they include: 1.

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Find out how Richard paid off $40,000 of debt

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So whether that’s hiking across the beautiful Sussex Downs, growing my own vegetables or taking my binoculars out for a spot of bird watching I rarely spend much time indoors. I was earning more each year and the debt I was carrying was covered each month without too much worry. What inspired you to get debt free?

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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

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We found junior tennis rackets at a yard sale for our kids. Or, we could pay the daily per person rate of $8-$9 (weekday) or the weekend day rate of $12-$13. This post is a growing list of reviews from travel bloggers. . – Unless you’re a member of a tennis club, hitting the tennis courts is usually free. National Parks.

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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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They also made the commitment to stay away from debt for good. Shannon from Growing Slower says her most powerful strategy to achieving their goal was to write it down and have a plan. A very good friend gave herself one year to get her new business off the ground. She nailed her goal and is continuing to grow her business.

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

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The income from my extra jobs went straight to debt payments, and my regular day job paid the bills, while enabling me to build up a small amount of savings. I also found small ways to earn extra money, specifically flipping yard sale finds for a profit on eBay. Our financial goals have shifted to growing my new business.

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