WAY. TO. GO!!!
#repost dumpingdebtwithkesh
I did it! By the grace of God I am 100% DEBT FREE! This is despite everything I could have held onto to justify why debt freedom was not achievable for me.
After two degrees, several years of deferments, and minimal progress I finally got on a written budget and decided to tackle my car and student loan debt with everything in me. That meant some major changes... wiping out $18K of my personal savings to pay down debt, downsizing, new nursing jobs, 60+ hour work weeks, SELF-DISCIPLINE, and plain old saying no to myself and others.
“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.” Hebrews 12:11... I continuously told myself that this sacrifice was temporary and gaining financial peace in the end would be priceless.
Living on less than we make, getting out and staying out of debt, saving and investing, and being good ste...