Making Saving Second Nature
I’ll never forget the first time I had to pay on my student loans. They had come out of deferment a quick 6 months after I graduated from college. When I was sent my first loan statement, I was extremely overwhelmed and quickly realized that I was underpaid! All those years of borrowing thousands and […]
If I’ve learned anything in adulthood, it’s that life won’t go as planned. And for a type A control freak like myself, that can be devastating news. Things will go wrong and sometimes you just have to pause your debt snowball and take care of life. To pause your debt snowball, you will continue making minimum […]
Sometimes life throws you a curveball and you need to make a big purchase. Your washing machine stops working or your car needs to be repaired. This is when people usually pull out their credit card and wince while it’s swiped. We have been trained to think that we don’t have another choice. People believe […]
It’s about to get personal up in here. You see, no one is perfect, especially me! In fact, I’ve made more mistakes in my life than I care to admit. The other day I was talking to my husband and we started discussing our worst financial mistakes. Thankfully, we made most of our mistakes before […]
As our family spent what felt like forever to pay off debt, different thoughts ran through my mind. There were seasons when I felt like I could conquer the world (and conquer my debt right alongside it). But if I’m going to be completely honest, there were times (weeks, months even) that I wanted to […]