From the monthly archives:
My journey out of debt has ended, and so now it is time to end this blog as well. I have never ended a blog before, so I’m not sure what to do, especially considering I’m not really going anywhere. I guess that gives me a place to start. If you’re interested, here are some [...]
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Here are my financial goals now that I am out of credit card debt. 1. Save. I got out of debt with really nothing of an emergency fund. (I wouldn’t recommend this, but this is how I did it.) $10,000 is the goal I have in mind. That’s about 6 months worth of expenses. I’d like [...]
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When I first started paying off my debt, I was looking at a balance of more than $20,000 and thinking, why didn’t I do this earlier? I thought that for two reasons. First, it turned out that doing something about my debt was so much easier than just stressing about it. I cannot say how miserable [...]
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I have a confession. When I was in debt, there was something kind of thrilling about buying stuff. It was knowing I shouldn’t, but doing it anyway. I’m not a wild person, so I guess this was the lame way I rebelled. Part of it was this thought I often had where, like an addict, [...]
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It is so nice not to worry about money all the time. I thought I’d feel a greater sense of relief after paying off my debt. Maybe I would run up some stairs, listening to “Gonna Fly Now.” Or pull out a big red marker and cross Get Out of Debt off of every list I’ve [...]
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