Thanks!

Thanks for all of your congratulations everyone.  The same people who wished me well on day one were congratulating me last week and have been cheering me on this whole time.

I was never dependent on this blog for motivation or accountability, but it has given me this tremendous opportunity to work through the kind of thinking that got me into debt and the kind that got me out.

More than that, your support has made me feel less alone in all of this.  Dave Ramsey always says if you’ll live like no one else, then later you can live like no one else. I have been living like no one else for more than a year now and sometimes it felt discouraging and isolating.  Sometimes it was just difficult and it was nice to know there were people out there who knew how hard I was working.

Thanks for congratulating me at every milestone.  Thanks for being as excited for me as I am.  Thanks for letting me know every time you pay off a loan or a card; it gives me a chance to return the congratulations. And thanks for reading! (Special thanks to one of my first ever and most favorite blog friends, Sophia, who wins the award for never letting a single opportunity pass to say “Yay!” at my progress.)

I still plan to end this blog, but not immediately, and the archives will remain.