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What are YOUR Financial Goals? | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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Too often we only think about goals in January, but today we’re going to work on new financial goals. Is it to pay off your house? Pay cash for a trip to Hawaii or your kids’ education. Or maybe you want to pay off (and cut up) your credit cards. S – specific. M – measurable.

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

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They paid off $36,000 in debt and cash flowed graduate school. What are your hobbies? We also were working on paying for Jon’s master’s degree and then my own masters degree, which I completed in December 2013. What inspired you to get debt free? The first step in this diligence was paying off debt.

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

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Jacki and her husband take the month of January to map out their goals for the year. Instead of writing, “I want to pay off debt” or “I don’t want to live paycheck to paycheck”, commit to “I want to pay off $X of credit card debt in 201X and I will stop using credit cards from this point forward.”