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Re: 2020: The Official YNAB Savings Challenge
Hi everyone, I claimed line 62 . Last year I participated in the debt smackdown, followed by the savings challenge. YNAB helped me become debt free and fund an emergency fund,…
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Re: 2019: The Official Savings Challenge
AUGUST: This was a good month! $3312.00 to my six month emergency fund! Typically the number would be half that, but I got an unexpected bonus this month and was happy to put the full amount into my…
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Re: 2019: The Official Savings Challenge
Savings Update July - I put $1917.62 towards my 6 Month E-Fund this month! I am 34% of the way to my goal. I made a stretch goal to finish my fund before November, but even if I don't,…
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Re: 2019: The Official Savings Challenge
June Update: Managed to put aside $1,006.38 into savings despite having $600 in unexpected vet bills, plus some other expenses. This was about $300 short of my goal for the month,…
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Re: 2019: The Official Savings Challenge
@HappyDance Thank you!
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Re: 2019: The Official Savings Challenge
Hi everyone! I'm joining this challenge mid-year. I just finished my goals for the YNAB Debt Smackdown Challenge forum (!!!) and now I'm focusing on my six month emergency fund.…
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
I AM DEBT FREE!🎉 With today's paycheck, I just submitted my final student loan payment. I started paying down my debt aggressively in December 2018 with a balance of $13,287.18.…
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
@Orchid Display Ugh, I'm sorry you had a rough month! Stay the course! We all have to have clothes to wear. No need to beat yourself up.
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
@Debt Crusher Cat Mother added another $46 to my April payments, so now it's $1538.53
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
Ok, I know we're only halfway through the month, but I have my final April numbers ready to go. I paid $1491.88 towards debt this month. I have $2488 remaining! It's so close I can almost taste it.…
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
@Gold Song congratulations! Two schools of thought - pick the higher interest rate loan first to save money, or pick the smallest balance first to have the feeling of progress and momentum.…
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
@Nicole yes, absolutely! I'm proud of my progress but I get SO impatient! Lol
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
March check in - this month I paid off $1,444.42. This is about $160 short of my goal for the month, but it's not bad considering I got side-tracked with an expensive car repair.…
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
Payday is tomorrow, I've YNAB'd it out, and here are my final numbers. Paid off in February: $2,344 (thanks to the help of my tax refund) Student loan debt remaining: ~$5,404 % of goal complete:…
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
January check-in: This month I paid off $2,040.77 and am 21% of the way to my goal! Looking forward to next month! <div class="tenor-gif-embed" data-postid="4804880" data-share-method="host"…
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
@Debt Crusher Cat Mother I was able to file my US taxes early this year and I'm getting a $710 refund, which will go straight to my debt goal once I receive it! yay!
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
@internettie Nice job! Congrats!
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
@Debt Crusher Cat Mother Thank you all for your kind comments! I love this community.
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
@farfromtheusual Thank you thank you! I am so excited, mostly because now that this is out of the way, I will be making massive (for me) payments to my remaining student loan and I can't wait to…
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
@Debt Crusher Cat Mother Wooo! Today is a big day for me! I paid off my car! I paid it off in 15 months and I'm so happy to know it's ACTUALLY mine now!
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
@Kombucha Kid You can do it! There is no shame in adapting the plan! The shame would be deciding you just wouldn't try, period. You got this.
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
@Stacy C Yes! You can do it!
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
@BritishMuseum 😂 my people
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
@BritishMuseum Almost up to $2M paydown target! Thanks for putting this together, I'm having fun already!
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
@Pink Cyborg You can do it!
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