Tag: financial independence
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Financial Lessons: Paying Off Debt Will Lower Your FICO Score
This post on being penalized with a lower FICO score for paying off debt early is post #6 in my series on financial freedom and spirituality. Once upon a time, I had a FICO score of 900. Okay, okay, not really. It was actually something like 842. I had lots of credit card debt I…
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Keeping Savings Accounts vs Paying Off Debt
This post on savings accounts vs paying down debt is post #4 in my series on financial freedom and spirituality. Once I had paid off my monthly bills and the ones due in the next month that were on my Capital One card, I was ready to take a stab at paying off my car,…
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Money Le$$on$
“Is there anything in particular I should be looking at between now and the end of the year?” I asked my new “coach,” a professional advisor-slash-counselor I’ve retained to help me look at specific life issues objectively and keep me on track in my busy life. “Yes! Between now and the end of the year,…
