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Friday Links – Win an iPad Mini Edition

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My friend Jackie over at The Debt Myth has created a Pay Off Debt App which I think is very cool. She has lived the journey of being sunken in debt and then freeing herself and now she is trying to help others do the same with her new app. Summer has arrived here and I have to say that I am loving it.

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Meet Jackie. She and Her Husband Paid off $147,000 in Debt | Debt Free Stories

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About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) But it wasn’t a decade of nothing but paying off debt. When we first started we couldn’t have even conceived of becoming completely debt free. What inspired you to get debt free?

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5 Essential Money Tips for Newlyweds

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Whether you want to pay off debt or save for retirement or get a new TV, you have to be in agreement on the big stuff. You’ll be trying to keep things simple and inexpensive, while he or she spends. If you want to accomplish anything together as a couple, you need to have shared goals.

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How to Save Money in 2016

Saving Cents With Sense

I know many of you are in similar situations of needed to save, but wanting to pay off debt, and eventually be able to put money in savings. Through lay offs, new jobs, new schools, illness, and everything else involved with a family, we have had our ups and downs.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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Becoming debt-free became very appealing and the idea of being able to give more, save more, and live more was the direction we wanted to go. He makes it really simple and you should Google it if you haven’t heard of his steps. It’s a simple equation, but you need to gather some information. In fact, it sucks!

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5 Ways to Reduce Your Debt

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Instead pack a lunch and cook some simple meals at home for dinner. Trying to manage your finances and prioritize on paying off debt is impossible if you don’t keep a proper track of your income and outgoing’s. You can use a simple pen and notepad. See where you can make cutbacks.

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Find out how Jessica & Her Husband Paid off $175,000 of Debt

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We had become so accustomed to living off both incomes that we really had to re-adjust a few lifestyle choices so we could live off just my husbands income. This ultimately is what put us on the fast track for paying off debt in such a quick amount of time. If married, who initiated the debt free goal?

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