we ripped 3 links off the blue paper chain hanging in our bedroom this morning.
the chain represents our debt, each link being $1,000.
there was a time in my life when spending $1,000 was an absurd thought.
however, i came into this marriage with
$7,000 of debt that i owed on my car
+ $5,000 remaining on my school loan.
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$12,000 in the hole.
add that to what bob had being a homeowner with a mortgage,
and our chain was too long for us not to notice it.
since day 1 of our marriage, we've been working to rip off those paper links.
there is a growing stack of blue construction-paper strips on our shelf,
and we're salivating for the finish line.
(i know, it's a weird metaphor.)
passion this year means not allowing someone else to control our finances &, consequently, our lives.
being free of debt will allow us to
"live like no one else,"
to borrow dave ramsey's quote.
our goal is to be out of this money vacuum by bob's birthday next month.
with "gazelle-like intensity" (another dave-ism), we're zeroing in on that target.
will those remaining 7 links dissolve in the next 34 days?
stay tuned...
~don't run up debts, except for the huge debt of love you owe each other.~
romans 13:8
