Roots of Personal Finance Member Spotlight: Stephanie Bodiford

Stephanie Bodiford has a family of six. When you have a larger family, you can really feel that financial strain at times. So she signed up for Roots of Personal Finance to control her spending and pay off debt. "I also wanted to show my husband what can be achieved when following a budget."

So she put her family on a budget and took put her fears aside to take a good look at their finances and debts.

Stephanie took to Roots like a fish in water. Before she began the program, she had no idea how much she was making from her direct sales job. She was spending money frivolously going out to eat. Now she's able to see where all of her family's money goes. "I really feel like Brad helped us stop the hemorrhage of money our family was losing every month," she said. "I seriously can't buy anything without Brad in my head."

Since January, Stephanie has been able to pay off $30,000 of debt! Yes, you read that correctly. $30,000. $22,000 of that were credit cards alone. In addition to paying off all that debt, she saved $11,000. 

Roots has truly helped Stephanie win with money. Here's a piece of financial advice from her to you, "If you can't pay cash, you can't afford it! Follow your budget to the letter.