Meet Ashley! Ashley Patrick is the founder of Budgets Made Easy and The Money Mindset Podcast. She helps families eliminate debt using simple strategies so they can stress less and live the life they want. She was able to pay off $45,000 in just 17 months including $25,000 in student loans in just 10 months. She has been featured on Fox Business, Yahoo! Finance, USA TODAY, MSN, CNBC, NerdWallet, and many others. On this episode we discussed: 1. The 401k loan that cost her and her husband $1,000,000 based on their retirement age - 2. How she paid off $45,000 in 17 months 3. Her biggest lessons from both experiences 4. The advice she would give anyone who has made similar money mistakes 5. Her next major financial goal and more Books mentioned: - Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey - The monk and the merchant - Building a story brand How to keep up with Ashley: - Visit her website at Budgetsmadeeasy.com and be sure to listen to her podcast titled The Money Mindset Podcast ❤ Get the Clever Girl Finance book: clevergirlfinance.com/book ❤ Join Clever Girl Finance: clevergirlfinance.com ❤ Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/clevergirlfinance