Brad And J’s 1st Annual Christmas Stimulus 2009
If you haven’t already, you need to check out the Enemy of Debt and Budgets Are Sexy blogs and enter for your chance to win $150 from each ($300 total possible!). The rules are simple. Brad at Enemy of Debt asks you to tell him at least 2 financial goals for 2010 and J. from Budgets Are Sexy wants to know a few things you are thankful for this year. I entered both and wanted to share my answers with you!
Financial Goals for 2010
We are on Baby Step #2, so our goals are to pay off our credit card debt and our cars. If we sell our Durango and my husband gets a bonus check, we should be able to accomplish both by April. At that point, we’ll start on Baby Step #3 – finishing our emergency fund. The most important thing to me is to reach Baby Step #5 – saving for my girls’ college funds.
If I win the money, I will not put it toward Baby Step #2 (we’re blessed enough to be able to finish that ourselves). I will give it to a family of 8 (single mom with 7 kids) living in East Nashville who doesn’t even have enough pots and pans to cook in, much less other necessities. Why? Because this year there will be less under my tree and more for others. http://bit.ly/5OIVJ4
I am thankful for…
C.S. Lewis said, “We ought to give thanks for all fortune; if it is “good” because it is good, if “bad” because it works in us patience, humility, and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country.”
This year, I am thankful for all the challenges God put before me in 2009. I was unemployed for 7 months but now have a great job. (More: http://bit.ly/4E7J0d)
My husband and I also launched our Total Money Makeover with great gazelle-intensity and are pretty sure we’ll have our credit card debt knocked out by April 2010 (a total of almost $29k in less than a year).
Finally, I am also thankful that this year, there will be less under our tree and more for a family of 8 in East Nashville who really needs it. (More: http://bit.ly/5OIVJ4)
Comments
3 Comments on Brad And J’s 1st Annual Christmas Stimulus 2009
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Brad on
Thu, 17th Dec 2009 11:59 am
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admin on
Thu, 17th Dec 2009 2:36 pm
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Tara on
Thu, 17th Dec 2009 5:31 pm
Thank you very much for the support! It has been a very fun experience. I have really enjoyed reading all of the financial goals people are making for 2010—goals they may not have even thought about if they didn’t find this giveaway. 
You’re absolutely right! I think you’re more likely to achieve your goals if you write them down – especially if you publicize them somewhere! You and J. have helped a lot of people with this contest, regardless of who wins the cash.
Wow! Great goals! I know you can do it and paying off that much in a year is amazing! Good for you! Great that you are parents like that and instill those saving skills in your kids. I’m rooting for you!
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