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Our Patriotic Debt Reduction

July 4, 2015 By Maria Gavin - 12 Comments

This Independence Day, Rob and I had plans to celebrate with family, but first we had one small, but important item to cross off our to-do list: updating our debt payoff chart! As planned, we waited until the most of the dust from our wedding expenses had settled, then we made a payment of nearly $18,000 earlier this week. The payment finally cleared and we were eager to take the debt chart off the refrigerator to color in another section!

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We are getting SO close to paying all of Rob’s student loan debt and we cannot wait to move forward financially with our Dave Ramsey baby steps!

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We stepped into our sparsely furnished home office to snap a quick photo of our progress together.

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If you are on your own debt-free journey and want to keep track of your progress, I made free, editable version of the “On Our Way to Debt Free” chart that you can download and use to keep yourself motivated. Just enter your email below to have it delivered right to your inbox.

Last summer, when Rob and I sat down to last summer to set our financial goals for paying down the debt, our original goal was to have everything paid off by July 1, 2015 (3 days ago). We missed the goal, but with only $10,900 of Rob’s $180,000 student loan debt remaining, we are still so proud of our progress and cannot wait to finally declare our independence from debt!

 

Update: We did it!

Let’s jump right to the happy ending of our story! Rob and I met our goal and successfully paid off every penny of our student loan debt in August 2015. To celebrate this huge milestone in our lives, we drove down to Nashville and did a Debt Free Scream on the Dave Ramsey Show on February 15, 2016. You can read all about that experience in this blog post. It was truly transformative!

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Our Debt Free Story

Want to know more about our journey out of debt and into financial freedom? You can catch up on our experience by clicking on any of the images below. It wasn’t easy and it was a lot of hard work, but it was completely worth it!

On Our Way to Debt Free, Again

7 Things to do with Your Tax Refund

Fitting a Baby into the Family Budget

I Was Broke, Too – A Look at my Early Finances

How We Screamed Our Way through the Dave Ramsey Show

Our Budget After Going Debt Free

We are Finally Debt Free!

Our Patriotic Debt Reduction

Big Strides Forward in Our Journey Out of Student Loan Debt

Where the Heck Have We Been?: An Update

Rob & Maria on Rob's Porch

Selling Rob’s House and Moving Forward

Still On Our Way to Debt Free

Why We Love Financial Peace University

Dealing with Debt: Our Story

Dealing with Debt: Maria’s Story

Dealing with Debt: Rob’s Story

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  1. Carla Cundiff says

    July 4, 2015 at 9:15 pm

    That is a great accomplishment! I went through the Financial Peace Program too and am still working on paying down my debt. I really have enjoyed following your progress! Thank you for the continued inspiration!

    Carla

    Reply
  2. Erin says

    July 4, 2015 at 9:21 pm

    This is so incredibly inspiring! Once our wedding is over I’m planning on looking into Dave Ramsey so we can help to build our savings :)

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    • Maria Manore says

      July 19, 2015 at 11:35 am

      You won’t regret it! Dave Ramsey has been a life saver for us. So exciting that you are getting married soon!

      Reply
  3. Stephanie says

    July 5, 2015 at 10:29 am

    I’m following the baby steps as well, and it has done wonders! Congrats you guys!

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    • Maria Manore says

      July 19, 2015 at 11:35 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  4. Natalie says

    July 6, 2015 at 12:27 pm

    I hope you guys are planning to call in to Dave’s show and do a debt free scream! This is amazing!!

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    • Maria Manore says

      July 19, 2015 at 11:36 am

      We talk about it sometimes. I am definitely not the screaming type so the thought of screaming on air is mortifying, but it also sounds like something we just SHOULD do!

      Reply
  5. Rebecca Breton says

    July 6, 2015 at 1:57 pm

    I just wanted to say thank you. Because of your blog I signed up for Financial Peace University and am currently working on Baby Step #2.

    What a huge accomplishment, I can’t wait to have that much of my chart marked off!

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    • Maria Manore says

      July 19, 2015 at 11:34 am

      We are humbled to know that we are helping someone else to change their life for the better! Blessings to you on your financial journey and best of luck with Baby Step 2!

      Reply
  6. Kelly S says

    December 10, 2015 at 2:56 pm

    Found your Stitch Fix post via Money Saving Mom and have enjoyed looking at some of your past posts! Beautiful wedding, and way to go on being debt free!!

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    • Maria Manore says

      December 10, 2015 at 3:38 pm

      Hi Kelly! Thank you so much for stopping by and for leaving a comment. I am so honored and excited to hear that you have enjoyed reading some of our posts. Rob and I are very very blessed and we are so thankful.

      Reply

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