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  • The Spender's Guide to Debt-Free Living

  • How a Spending Fast Helped Me Get from Broke to Badass in Record Time
  • By: Anna Newell Jones
  • Narrated by: Carly Robins
  • Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (376 ratings)

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The Spender's Guide to Debt-Free Living

By: Anna Newell Jones
Narrated by: Carly Robins
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Publisher's summary

Popular blogger Anna Newell Jones of AndThenWeSaved.com delivers this self-help manifesto that reveals how a "spending fast" will help you get on the road to living debt free.

In 2009, young photographer Anna Newell Jones was rapidly suffocating under the weight of too much debt. An inveterate spender, she was in way over her head, to the tune of almost $24,000. She knew her debt was only going to get worse if she didn't take action, but she didn't know where to look for help. On a whim, Anna decided to go on a spending fast - an idea she heard in passing but knew little about. Creating her own method, she learned what worked and what didn't and wrote about it on her blog, AndThenWeSaved.com. Amazingly, Anna was able to eliminate all $23,605.10 of her debt in only 15 months! She was interviewed in Forbes, Self, Glamour, Good Housekeeping, and the Chicago Tribune.

Anna's journey inspired people and showed them that they too could change the way they dealt with their own money woes. The Spender's Guide to Debt-Free Living takes listeners through a detailed, step-by-step plan on how to do a spending fast and get out of debt, including:

  • Creating a personalized debt-free life pledge
  • Understanding where your money is going when you're in debt and where it will come from to pay it off
  • Learning why putting money into a savings account before (or while) paying off debt may not be the best idea for you
  • Finding additional income sources and generating side gigs
  • Reintegrating spending into your life once you're out of debt so that you stay out of debt

Filled with do-it-yourself ideas, insight from experts, and tons of motivational tips and real-life practical advice, The Spender's Guide to Debt-Free Living proves that you don't have to win the lottery or get a new job to change your life.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2016 Anna Newell Jones (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers
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It has good advise

This book assumes you are actually making a decent amount of money. It is directed at people who are just squandering their money, and need redirection. I don't need to go on a "spending fast" (being underemployed did that for me for 2 years), but now that I'm making a full-time paycheck I don't want to get financially derailed by silly spending. This book teaches a few tactics that are good for that.

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Wish I had read 10, 20, 30 years ago!

If you could sum up The Spender's Guide to Debt-Free Living in three words, what would they be?

Fun, relatable, and easily applicable "advice" on the benefits of living life debt-free.

What does Carly Robins bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Her voice and style was perfect for this story....Very engaging.

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Nothing New Here

this book is definitely geared towards a very young audience. the narration was fantastic but the content was very basic.

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Easy listen

good book to get you started on saving. easy listen. loved it and ready to apply.

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Started out very inspirational, touching on many traits I see in myself. sadly, finished pretty soft

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Perfect for anyone wanting to revamp their finances

I loved this book, from start to finish. So many great examples and no-nonsense action steps. Anna told it like it is, how she did it and how anyone else can do it, too. I am just getting started with my spending fast, but I’m so refreshed and focused after listening to this audiobook. Also, the voice artist was great to listen to, and I’d happily listen to other books read by her. I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to change their financial habits, spend less, pay down debt and save more. Can’t wait to report on a year how things have gone!

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Many great trips!

Her oppenness and gave a lot of advice that seems more achievable than anything I’ve read on. Her website is great as well.

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Kind of repetitive

a few good tips but it could have been 1/3 it's length. In between it was an effort to listen to

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loved it. she's very talented.

Loved it! Anna is very talented. Carly was excellent also. thank you for putting this book on Audible.

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THE BEST!

This is by far the best get out of debt book I’ve ever read that suits my personality type. The concepts are simple to understand and follow. I highly recommend this book to anyone who finds extravagant financial instructions to be too stressful.

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