Tag: debt

Working this debt-free journey.

I’m back!

Well, it’s certainly been awhile, hasn’t it? It’s funny [and annoying] how life has a way of getting away from you. Last year at this time, I was all fired up about pursuing this blogging thing and getting out of debt. I had great plans – grand plans – to knock down the monster that…
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Interest, interest, interest

Tonight, I remembered that one of my credit card accounts closes out the monthly statements on the 11th/12th. So I logged in to see the damage and what the minimum payment will be for this month. I was sickened to see that I was charged over $100 in interest for the month – and this…
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New Beginning

I have never been popular. In 6th grade, another student dubbed me “The Retarded Zebra”. His reasons? I had a blue jumper with large white polka dots that I liked to wear. According to him, I was such a stupid zebra that I had spots instead of stripes. Hence, “The Retarded Zebra”. The most ridiculous…
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