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Choose Thrift First | February Meeting

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I made one trip to my favorite thrift store during their dollar days sale. Can I find what I need at a second hand or thrift store? Start keeping a list of needs with you for your thrift store trips. Your main assignment is to think differently when a need or a want arises and to Choose Thrift First.

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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Life, as we knew it came to a halt for so many of us in mid-March, and life going forward will forever be known as pre-pandemic or post-pandemic. March 2020 arrived. On Friday, March 13th, the PA Governor shut down schools and closed non-essential businesses. Everything changed. Related reading: Our Original Debt Freedom Plan.

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Meet Aja. She & her husband Paid Off $110,000 in Debt

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Be willing to sacrifice- there are things we had to do that made us look weird: home school, skip eating out as much with family, doing my own hair & nails, getting a wardrobe from the thrift store and forgoing paper towels. I had a client engagement in Las Vegas in March 2014. Tell people about what you are doing.

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