Comments on: When you put your mind to it…

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:10:33 +0000

Congrats to you. Very inspirational. I can’t wait to make a similar post!

By: Astreil

Astreil — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:25:56 +0000

I’m bummed. We’ve cut everything we can think of. I still have 24000+ in debt and we can barely pay it off in three years! Maybe three kids or the mortgage is in the way. We could not get down to $200/month in groceries. My boys would starve!

Congrats to you.

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Best Posts from August, 2007 at Clever Dude Personal Finance & Money — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:37:18 +0000

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By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 05:57:47 +0000

Doug: Wow that’s also great to hear! I haven’t even bought my house yet so I wish I can say that I will pay off my house soon

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:44:29 +0000

Great story; you’re keeping me focused.

I thought I’d share ours. Five years ago I was going to be laid-off for the second time in the same year and it wasn’t even July yet. To make things more challenging, we wanted my wife to quit work and stay at home and take care of our first child the next month; she couldn’t and that bothered me. I mentioned to her that I wanted to pay off all debt including our home in five years (~$140K), (we had 28 years left to pay on our mortgage when I said this) and that she would quit work in one year.

Today, we can pay off the remaining $10K we owe on our home and we still have one income, along with two children (soon to be three) and a happy low stress home.

Now we’re on the right side of compounding interest.

By: Chief Family Officer

Chief Family Officer — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:47:15 +0000

Congrats! That is so awesome and inspiring – I love reading success stories like this!

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Our Zero-Debt Goal Date is… at Clever Dude Personal Finance & Money — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:34:28 +0000

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By: Fellowes

Fellowes — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:23:02 +0000

Your success is amazing and inspiring! I hope to be able to knock out a similar amount of debt over the next 2.5 years, but I recognize the challenges I will face in doing so. It must be a GREAT feeling to have made so much progress. Keep up the good work and advice.