Monthly Archives: February, 2011

Inspiration To Get Out Of Debt

The following resources both inspired me to get out of consumer-debt and keep me motivated as I strive to pay off my mortgage.  Check out- Financial Calculators – A random search of the Internet lead me these debt calculators from over at Dinkytown.  Once I plugged in my own credit card debt and automobile debt, [...]

Our Plan For Remaining Consumer-Debt Free

This week marks our fifth year of living debt free.  In a previous article, I shared how our decision to get out of debt has changed our lives.  Now, it’s time to share our plan for remaining (consumer) debt free – and paying off our mortgage. We continue to live on a budget. One of [...]

We Are Living Debt Free – 5 Years And Counting

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, my wife and I just celebrated our fifth year of living debt free. Here’s how our decision to get out of consumer debt changed our lives: We do not pay interest.  We earn it. This one is pretty obvious.  Instead of paying interest to various credit card companies or [...]

Celebrating 5 Years Of Being Debt Free

February 6 is a very special day around our house.  It’s not our anniversary.  It’s not one of the kids’ birthdays. It’s the day, five years ago, when we paid off our final debt to become debt free! Even now, half a decade later, I still find it hard to explain how important getting out [...]