Ask the Readers: What Is Your Biggest Financial Accomplishment?
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Everyone has accomplishments in their lives they are proud of. Be it graduating from college or landing their dream job, most people have something they have done that makes them feel accomplished. Finances are no different! From paying off student loans to eliminating credit card debt to saving for a big trip or an emergency fund, most people have reached milestones in their finances that they are proud of reaching.
What is your biggest financial accomplishment? Paying off your debt? Building an emergency fund? Or...?
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My biggest financial achievement has been paying off my first credit card. I had the highest balance on it, with a horrible interest rate. By paying it off it freed up money to pay off other debts, and has allowed me to pay off my car early, and pay down my student loans.
Investing in domain names. Buying, selling and developing domain names has given me such great freedom and creativity. I have an extra form of income that is well on its way to becoming its own career. The work is hard unlike the get rich quick schemes teach but it is fun and adventurous.
My greatest financial accomplishment (so far) has been to save enough money with my husband that we're finally able to start shopping for our first house!
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I just made my final car payment! I set a goal of paying it off early, and met it. Instead of taking 66 months to pay it off, I did it in just 17 months...woohoo!
In 1996 sitting on our deck my husband and I were talking about exactly how we were "putting our daughter thru college".From the time she was 3yrs old we had said we would "put her thru college".In June of 1996 she had chosen the college after several open house fact finding missions.Inow knew exactly what it would cost and much to my surprise my husband meant she would take loans and we would help her.I meant we would pay for college.Hmmm what to do?After some discussion(use your imagination) and my husband's fateful works "oh you can't" I put my daughter thru college! I worked 2 jobs, a day shift 8-430pm and an evening one 5p-1am every day EXCEPT sundays for 4 years.We both got an education! And now I have no fear of trying anything or taking on a challenge.I got an amazing gift from this experience.
We are unemployed and have no medical insurance. My medication costs $550.00/3 mos. I asked my doctor to change my meds to another brand that has a generic (which I had first taken 15 yrs ago). Cost: only $10/3 mos. Cha-ching!!!
we are basically debt free (except mortgage) and have an emergency fund - I love that we don't buy anything unless we can pay cash, that in itself is a huge accomplishment!
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Selling my car after a few months of taking public transportation. I sold my 2010 Toyota Yaris for $900.00 more than what I owed, and I was able to get rid of my car loan. This is also a gift that keeps on giving. I will be saving roughly $200.00 on car related expenses (not including my $430 car payment!).
This means that I can save more and pay off my remaining debt which will be completely eliminated by September and by the end of the year, I should have an extra $3,000.00 in savings. Slow and steady and loving it.
My largest accomplishments were completing 3 degrees with no debt and buying my first house!
decided to invest some money given to me instead of blowing it on something else.
I'd say our biggest accomplishment is stopping our use of credit cards. We still have some credit card debt to pay down, but we're not adding to it.
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