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Sharing a story: Repaying all debt!

May 6, 2023

By listening to other's stories we can often learn something about our own lives.  We love Courtney's story, especially when she celebrates the success of paying off all of her consumer debt in 2019! That's what we're focusing on helping you with at Money Sweetspot- a financial reset so that you can get on with your life! She has her own Instagram page that details her journey too

You can read her blog here.

The SPOTTY team love her perspective, particularly around navigating the current increases in our cost of living. This is what she does:

  1. Checking our expenses and tracking them weekly is the MOST important one, by doing this you can quickly cut costs and understand where your “money waste” could be.
  2. Shopping our cupboard before we go to hastily buy something we probably have at the bottom of the freezer is always a quick easy win, you don’t realise how much you have until you look properly.
  3. Try this challenge each month, spend only $50 for the week and use what you have to make the week work. It will help you understand how much you really have at home and how much time you have to make good food on a budget.

What tips do you have? Tell us!

This was originally posted as an education article on the Money Sweetspot customer portal. If you read this as one of our customers, you would've earned some money off your loan! Do the mahi, get the treats. Find out more.

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