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Scooter H

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Debt Free!!
« on: December 22, 2013, 10:30:08 PM »
This has been an awesome year! I'm officially debt free and still have some cash to spare. It has been a long road but thanks to reading this forum I was able to stick with it and pay off almost 19.5k this yr!

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Re: Debt Free!!
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2013, 10:37:26 PM »
Congrats!  Nice work.

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Re: Debt Free!!
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2013, 10:45:03 PM »
congrats!

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Re: Debt Free!!
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2013, 11:57:53 PM »
Woot! Great work!

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Re: Debt Free!!
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2013, 12:02:21 AM »
Way to go!  Congrats!  Can't wait to be you:)

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Re: Debt Free!!
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2013, 07:50:03 AM »
Congratulations!  I've a ways to go.

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Re: Debt Free!!
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2013, 07:51:44 AM »
Congratulations!

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Re: Debt Free!!
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2013, 09:46:26 AM »
Congrats -- that's a significant achievement.

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Re: Debt Free!!
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2013, 02:52:12 PM »
That's awesome!  Are you willing to share any of your secrets?

What was something that was less hard than you thought it'd be?

What was something that was harder than you thought it'd be?

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Re: Debt Free!!
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2013, 05:20:24 PM »
Well done - great to get the monkey off your back!  Now keep going and build up that nest egg!  :)

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Re: Debt Free!!
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2013, 06:36:11 PM »
AWESOME.  Congratulations!

Scooter H

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Re: Debt Free!!
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2013, 08:53:56 PM »
That's awesome!  Are you willing to share any of your secrets?

What was something that was less hard than you thought it'd be?

What was something that was harder than you thought it'd be?

It was  challenging to tell you the truth but after a few months things got easier.  The hard part was to keep my same lifestyle even though my paychecks got bigger. I've always been "good" with money but after reading this blog I became more determined to be better.

Far as secrets, I just did what everyone else has done for the most part. I canceled cable, cut the gym membership, haggled for a lower Internet promo price, sold the motorcycle, and the list goes on. The hardest part was watching my nest egg shrink after I paid off the rest of my debt but looking at all that interest every month pissed me off.


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Re: Debt Free!!
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2014, 04:49:35 PM »
Good for you.. Feels great doesn't it..:)

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Re: Debt Free!!
« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2014, 07:15:36 PM »
Congratulations!  Any "nest egg" you had if you had debt was a rotten egg anyway.