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Our Debt Freedom Plan | Marriage & Money

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Using Dave Ramsey’s 7 baby steps, we created our Debt Freedom Plan. Save $$$ Home Emergency Fund – Dave suggests to start at $1000, but being self-employed, ours is much higher, but it is not quite 3-6 months of expenses. Unfortunately they’re not cheap. We estimate that this will take us 4 years.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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We blew through our health savings account, and now need to save another $10k so we’re not caught off guard if another emergency were to happen. This will take us most of the year. I don’t want to use the term extreme frugality, because that sounds absolutely horrible. Save a starter Home Emergency Fund.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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Aside from the mortgage, we also added equipment and renovation loans with the purchase, and we had a student loan. I don’t make a lot of income on this blog, and it has definitely decreased recently as I’ve reduced my hours spent blogging. We’re STILL here! What could possibly go wrong?

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