Foundation Step#1: Why we decided to get out of debt

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In today's post and in the next few that follow, Luke and I will identify three foundation steps that have kept us grounded and focused on our end goal: paying off $57,000 in 12 months (having our student loans paid off by December 2018).For Luke and I, the biggest driving force behind our decision to get out of debt were our reasons for not…

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How we started dreaming big

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Luke and I were over $100,000 in debt when we were married in 2015 and everyone we knew told us that we were just like everyone else. We were told that normal millennials were graduating with crazy amounts of school debt and you know what, they were right. As a result, we weren’t phased in 2015 by the fact that Sallie Mae largely owned…

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So excited for this very first post!

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Welcome friends! We are so excited to kick off our blog with you. Over the past few months, I have really been feeling led to share our journey out of debt with you and to encourage you to join us. We are far from perfect but we have learned a lot about marriage and money throughout this time and we simply want to encourage…

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