Category Archives: Debt Story
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 [...]
How I Got Out Of Debt
It’s been a while since I’ve written about how my wife and I paid off our consumer debt. I thought new readers (and folks who have been around for years) might benefit from a retelling of our story. Back in April of 2005, my wife and I decided that it was time to get out [...]
Financial Stress Level
I recently went to the doctor with back pain. While I was there, I was asked to describe the pain and assign it a number on the pain scale, with 1 being no pain and 10 being excruciating pain. (For those interested, I gave my pain a 6, for distressing. The doc gave me some [...]
Four Years Without A Car Payment
I was sifting through some old paperwork today, and I stumbled across an old letter from our bank. It was dated September 8, 2005. I was pleased to see that it was a notice from our bank, informing us that our car loan had been paid-in-full. I smiled as I put the letter back in [...]
