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I don’t need any reminders that getting out of debt is worth it, but today I got one anyway. I’ve found the perfect way to celebrate getting out of debt: spending New Year’s Eve in San Francisco with some of my favorite people. I’m purchasing my flight today, but I committed to the idea the [...]
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I was trying to figure out what about my life without credit card debt will feel so different from anything I’ve experienced before. I mean, I haven’t actually been in debt that long and I’ve always worked a lot, so I used to have spending money and I used to make smart decisions with it. [...]
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Money is not a topic that is supposed to come up in polite conversation. I remember my parents specifically teaching me as a kid that it was rude to talk about it. I was only allowed to know how much my parents made if I promised never to talk about it outside of the family. [...]
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I of course live most of my life away from this blog and there is something about the everyday journey of getting out of debt that seems to get missed. A couple times a week, I talk about the mental journey, and once a month I share my progress in numbers, but what do I [...]
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While I’ve still been working 55 hours and six days a week this Summer, it’s certainly been a lot easier than the 15 hours days I was working when school was in session. I have at several points this Summer, especially while enjoying a previously forgotten delight called free time, marveled at how I was [...]
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This time last year, I hit rock bottom in my financial life. School was just starting, I was sick, my car had a flat tire, and I didn’t have any money or available credit. I was almost at a point where not asking for help was no longer an option. But, I was stubborn, so I [...]
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This is a strange post to write, but I keep trying to fit this information into other places and it’s not working. Still, I want it to be known. While it is entirely possible that I will change my mind, I anticipate that this blog will end soon after I’m out of debt (early 2011). [...]
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I was at work a couple weeks ago when I pulled up the Mint app on my iPhone and saw that, according to Mint, I was no longer in debt, but actually had a net worth of $54. Considering my net worth usually has a negative sign in front of it and also lights up [...]
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The thing is that I really don’t know who reads this blog. People will sometimes tell me they read it and I am always surprised. As I was writing my posts for this week, I started wondering if there was any part of this story I’d left out or anything I’d said that left people [...]
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I got a big surprise the other day. For those who don’t know, I work at a library full time. That’s the job that pays my bills and gives me health insurance and paid time off. But, I also have a part time job working for a research center on campus. That’s the job that [...]
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