OUR DEBT FREE JOURNEY MONTHS 17 – 20
“We do not have to become heroes overnight, just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, discovering we have the strength to stare it down” – Eleanor Roosevelt
OUR DEBT FREE JOURNEY MONTH 14
“Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that” – Norman Vincent Peale
OUR DEBT FREE JOURNEY MONTH 13
“Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true” – Leon J. Suenes
HOW WE PAID OFF $13,473 IN 11 MONTHS
“By failing to plan you’re planning to fail” – Benjamin Franklin
OUR DEBT FREE JOURNEY MONTH 12
“Our lives are not shaped by our conditions but by our decisions” – Tony Robbins
OUR DEBT FREE JOURNEY MONTH 9
We’re 9 months into our Debt Free Journey and here’s how we did WOW. It’s already December, the end of the year 2017. Where did the time go? We barely started 2017 and now we’re at the end of it. The adage ‘time waits for no one’ is absolutely true, all the time. Our November’s total debts came in at $115,936, a very modest gain from our … Read More
OUR DEBT FREE JOURNEY MONTH 8
When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, “Try it one more time.” ~Author Unknown
OUR DEBT FREE JOURNEY MONTH 7
“I believe that through knowledge and discipline, financial peace is possible for all of us” – Dave Ramsey
OUR DEBT FREE JOURNEY MONTH 6
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. – Prov 22:7 We’re 6 months into our Debt Free Journey and here are our snapshots August’s total debts came out to $120,686, it actually went up from July’s total of $120,099.64, due to losing momentum and succumbing to pressures of spending once again. Needless to say, we had charged up one … Read More
OUR DEBT FREE JOURNEY MONTH 5
“Rule #1: Never lose money. Rule #2: Never forget Rule # 1” Warren Buffett We’re 5 months into our Debt Free Journey and here are our snapshots July’s total debts came out to $120,099.64, down $1,601 from June’s $ 121,701. Slowly but surely we’re making a dent. Last month we kinda messed up our budget a little since we traveled, but like … Read More
OUR DEBT FREE JOURNEY MONTH 4
“You’ve got to tell your money what to do or it will leave” – Dave Ramsey We’re 4 months into our Debt Free Journey and here are our updates June’s total debts came out to $121,701 which was up from May’s total of $120,452; a difference of + $1,249 (wasn’t expecting this jump in the reverse direction though). This is due in part to the school loan … Read More
OUR FIRST MONTH TO DEBT FREE
IT’S BEEN A MONTH SINCE WE STARTED OUR DEBT FREE JOURNEY We initially had a total of $124,695 of combined debts on February 24; we are now down to $122,306, a net reduction of $2,389 (personal loan numbers aren’t shown in mint snapshot since it’s from the bank of Mom). Here’s a snapshot of our Debt Snowball Month 1 This is … Read More