2009

Debt Free Advice for 2010

Here is a list of a few great articles to get you started, along with a cool new DFA feature and some motivation to check out the Debt Free Adventure 2009 archives for posts you have yet to read.

In 2009 there were a total of 168 articles published here at Debt Free Adventure! How many have you read?

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Monthly Debt Reduction & Savings Statement – December 2009

by Matt Jabs

Each month I post these Monthly Debt Reduction & Savings Statements so I can continually compare our current debt and savings amounts against our starting debt amounts from back in January, 2009 – when my wife & I began our Debt Free Adventure. I also use it as a way to summarize our progress toward debt free living.

This is the up-to-date statement of progress for December of 2009. Enjoy!

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After Christmas Sales Save You Money

by Matt Jabs

While I’m not a huge proponent of spending money on things you do not need, I am a big supporter of buying the things you plan to buy anyway when they are on sale.

This post is just a quick reminder to pay attention to the great sales that are going on this time of year.

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Financial Retirement – How to Get There Faster

by Matt Jabs

Why do most of us have to wait until we are in the fleeting years of our lives to become capitalists? Could the answer be as simple as saying that we do not focus on becoming capitalists while pondering the majority of our financial decisions?

Let’s take a closer look.

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A Personal Finance Miracle

by Matt Jabs

At the beginning of the year we set 2 financial goals concerning our debt and our savings. Due to a few unplanned emergencies over the course of 2009 there is no earthly or mathematical way for those goals to be achieved from our income – so we are praying for the power of Gods miracles… if He so chooses.

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Dealing with Holiday Debt and a $100 Giveaway

by Matt Jabs

Did the holidays leave a bitter bad debt aftertaste in your mouth? Well we’re here to offer you support, encouragement, and $100 cash to help you pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and get back on track with your own Debt Free Adventure.

Come on in and learn how to win the $100 cash prize.

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Merry Christmas

by Matt Jabs

Hello to all, and merry Christmas.

I wanted to pause and take this opportunity to thank all of you for reading Debt Free Adventure over the past year. Without you reading my ramblings things would be mighty lonely!

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Save Money by Buying Sale Items in Bulk

by Matt Jabs

As you know I am big into taking control of your own income/debt situation by focusing on giving yourself a raise. By this I simply mean slashing expenses, reducing your debt load, and saving some for emergencies as ways to increase cash flow on your terms.

In the spirit of these principles I wanted to offer you a specific example of yet another way we save money to give ourselves a raise…

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Savings Money means Better Buys

by Matt Jabs

I have used credit payment. I have used debit payment . I have used cash payment.

I have used borrowed money. I have used allocated money. I have used saved money.

So when it comes to money and credit and quality and value and price… what works best?

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Honor | The Importance of Character in Success

by Matt Jabs

Honor represents one of the core principles on which success is established. All great men and women seek its wise counsel and bind themselves to the laws of its wisdom. Although it is rarely the topic of discussion, it is a source from which joy springs… and abundance can never be enjoyed without it.

We can have all the riches in world, but without honor, none of us shall taste true success.

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