Way to go! π
#repost jiselalala
In January 2018, Don and I got very angry at debt, but that wasn't always the case. After undergrad, we both got full-time jobs that paid a lot (nope.) and financed new cars we thought we could afford. We put half of our wedding and honeymoon expenses on credit cards! And after all the fun, we were left paying for our past instead of saving for the future πΈ So the soul-searching and asking God "why?" began. Why was it so easy to accept that debt was normal? Why is instant gratification so hard to overcome? Then I stumbled upon Dave Ramsey, who committed his life to helping people get out of debt and live a life they love with 7 Baby Steps, and knowing that the core principles he taught came straight from the Bible reinforced my trust in the process. Prob. 22:7 says, β...the borrower is slave to the lender." Ugh, yup. So we decided to pay off the cars early and cut up allll the credit cards. Miles shmiles π³βοΈ For a year and a half, we had to be βgazel...