How "No Spend Challenges" Helped This Woman Pay Off $78,000 of Debt - with Jen Smith

Marriage Kids and Money: Personal Finance for Families

Andy Hill

Investing, Business, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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125 | Author Jen Smith shares how she and her husband eliminated $78,000 of student debt in 2 years by cutting their personal spending. She describes how "No Spend Challenges" work and why they are extremely effective. RESOURCES **Sponsor + Partners + Deals: https://www.marriagekidsandmoney.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.7	We would just try and fill our time with a lot of free things. And then it also allowed us to get
0:36.8	creative with like side hustles because the best way
0:39.7	to not spend money is to spend time making it.
0:48.2	This show is dedicated to helping you, strengthen your family tree and live financially free.
0:54.8	Welcome to the Marriage Kids and Money podcast, everybody. This is Andy Hill and today we're talking about increasing
1:00.3	our savings rate, spending less so we can meet our big financial goals. With nearly 80% of
1:08.9	Americans living paycheck to paycheck, most of us could use some help
1:13.0	with saving a bit more. Our guest today is Jen Smith, and she's going to show us how.
1:18.6	Jen and her husband paid off $78,000 of debt in just under two years. Not only is she a debt-crushing wizard, but she's also the author of
1:31.2	the Amazon bestselling book, The No Spend Challenge Guide. Her advice has been featured in
1:37.2	Business Insider, Money.com, and US News. And when Jen's not talking about money, she's running half marathons and making super
1:46.9	cool t-shirts. I got to get one of these t-shirts. Welcome to the show, Jen. Andy,
1:51.8	your enthusiasm makes me sound so cool. Well, you are cool. You do cool stuff. I love it.
1:59.6	I'm so glad to be here. Well, Jen, let's inspire some folks. So where did the $78,000
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