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Re: The Official 2020 Debt Smackdown
May/June Update Credit card consolidation loan Starting balance: $6927.58 Current balance: $0 - paid off on April 14 Used auto loan Starting balance: $18,625.42 Current balance: $15,301.…
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Re: The Official 2020 Debt Smackdown
@Diane Wow! Congrats on the peace of mind, and I hope things turn around for you (and everyone) soon. You can edit your original goal to add the student loans that you didn't originally include.…
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Re: The Official 2020 Debt Smackdown
April Update: Credit card consolidation loan Starting balance: $6927.58 Current balance: $0 - paid off on April 14 Used auto loan Starting balance: $18,625.42 Current balance: $17,117.21 Whew.…
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Re: The Official 2020 Debt Smackdown
@Peripherie I feel like the AOM metric can be a bit of a red herring. You said you'd get AOM to 60 days, and then focus on savings, but you know something? AOM IS savings!…
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Re: The Official 2020 Debt Smackdown
March Update: Credit card consolidation loan Starting balance: $6927.58 Current balance: $3119.15 Used auto loan Starting balance: $18,625.42 Current balance: $17,498.…
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Re: The Official 2020 Debt Smackdown
@Green Song The best way I've gotten off of that spending mindset is to use YNAB. Instead of looking at my checking account balance (or my credit card available limit - been there, done that),…
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Re: The Official 2020 Debt Smackdown
February update: Credit card consolidation loan Starting balance: $6927.58 Current balance: $4496.57 Used auto loan Starting balance: $18,625.42 Current balance: $17,878.…
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Re: Retirement fears
I am very far from retirement, but my parents are close to your situation - not yet traditional retirement age, but only 6 years away. They had retirement savings in their 40's,…
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Re: The Official 2020 Debt Smackdown
End of January update: Credit card consolidation loan Starting balance: $6927.58 Current balance: $5712.51 Used auto loan Starting balance: $18,625.42 Current balance: $18,248.…
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Re: The Official 2020 Debt Smackdown
Posted this in the off-site forum ( abudgetthatworks.org ), and reposting here. The 2019 Debt Smackdown was extremely helpful for us, and we are back at it this year.…
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
@Gold Song You are doing great. Life happens, and it's not a failure for anyone, not even you. You're not that much more special than the rest of us! 😉 Give yourself some time to step back and…
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
March Check-In (I think I missed February - oops!) Starting Debt: $18,742.82 Current Debt: $13,445.35 Progress: $5,297.47 and 28.26% of debt goal paid I'm not entirely convinced we're going to meet…
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Re: Future Transactions
Why in particular is this setup giving you a hard time? Is it because it's "out of sight, out of mind" for you, and you don't want to "see" the money in your account?…
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Re: HOW do you get a month ahead? What am I missing?
@Julie - what @Bruce said. For a long time using YNAB, my money never aged, because I was aggressively paying down debt, so all of my income was gone to paying the month's expenses,…
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
@Ruff16965 (05bd62cee897) Make sure you plan for potential tax consequences (if any). Those are always a bummer. And yay!
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
January Check-In Starting Debt: $18,742.82 Current Debt: $15,533.70 Progress: $3,209.12 and 17.12% of debt goal paid This represents a lot of front-loading,…
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
@SapphireSweetie I love your approach to this uncertainty (but am still sorry you are going through it). There's a 2019 Savings Challenge on the forums as well, if you're looking for support.…
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Re: The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
Thank you, @BritishMuseum , for getting this set up for 2019! Your spreadsheet design skills are flawless. I am rejoining after a successful 2018 Debt Smackdown.…
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Re: The Official 2018 Debt Smackdown
I smashed my goal! We set off to pay off $8200 in consumer and medical debt this year, and as of today, we have officially paid $8,720.10. We still have such a long way to go,…
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Re: The Official 2018 Debt Smackdown
@QC That sounds amazing!!!! What a great way to start a new year.
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Re: YNAB Giveaway!
My biggest YNAB win has been losing the shame about how I spent my money in the past and looking at today and the future as what is most important. YNAB helped me know better, so now I do better.
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2 yrs ago
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Re: The Official 2018 Debt Smackdown
Onward: 2018 Debt Payoff Goal: $8,200 2018 YTD Debt Payoff: $5,404.14 Progress: 65.9% The reflected progress was after consolidating credit cards and accounting for an orthodontic loan I took out at…
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Re: Common budget and presents?
@Faness This is what we do. If ManSpice buys a gift for me (he usually makes an online purchase, nixing the ability to pay with cash), he will put it on his credit card and say,…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: The Official 2018 Debt Smackdown
QUESTION TO THE DEBT PAYOFF CHALLENGE GODS: Given my change in debt payments as noted in the post above, would it be acceptable for me to: Change the debts I am paying off in the spreadsheet?…
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Re: The Official 2018 Debt Smackdown
*sigh* If you've read my journal, you'll know that I consolidated our credit cards with a loan for a term of 3 years with a 6.82% interest rate, for a grand total of $18,277.25.…
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