I feel like I’ve been waiting for this day forever. When you’re getting out of debt, nothing beats the days you get to put a big lump sum toward your massive credit card balance. It feels like it’s been a long time since I’ve last been able to do this, but I guess it’s only been a few weeks. Today, after paying my bills and leaving some money in my account to, you know, eat and stuff, I have $1000 to put toward my debt. And it feels awesome.
I know that for some people, every check they write or money transfer they make to a credit card company is with spite. Like, take this! You don’t own me. I don’t feel that way. For me, it’s just pure excitement. It’s another step toward my goal. Not that I have no criticism to offer of credit card companies, but I knew their deal going in and I still borrowed their money. I will be thrilled on the day when all of the money I earn is my own, but for now it’s enough just to be making progress.
This month, I’m getting myself more than two thousand dollars closer to being out of credit card debt. The work, it’s hard, the things I am not buying, they are real, but strangely, this journey is a lot of fun.
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I can definitely relate to that feeling of excitement. That’s great about putting more money towards your debt!
I LOVE paying my bills, it feels so good to do that every month and have it off my chest.
I don’t curse the credit card companies *too much* when I pay that bill. I mean I used there money to buy things for myself, usually things I want. NOW, the insurance companies and cell phone companies, I DEFINITELY curse them when paying those bills!
I can’t wait until I’m full time and putting 1000 bucks on my card payments again. It really IS a great feeling!
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