06-03-2014, 03:21 PM
I notice that lately, I have entered aggressive debt destruction mode. I used to want to go out all the time, and spent a lot of money on food because eating out was the best way for me to socialize at the time. Now I am facing the things I have to deal with, dealing with them, and throwing money at them as fast as I can.
This impresses me because it's no longer a question of afraid to deal with unknown in this case, but "How best do I do this?" instead. And now, I go shopping for food at the beginning of the month, when I get paid, and I have cut my food bill about 85%.
Socializing has taken a hit, but I have friends I can spend time with occasionally. I have started limiting expensive meals to once or twice a month, and even that bothers me now. Only going out to eat about 1 time in 10 that I would have previously.
I don't enjoy having so little socializing and entertainment, but I do crave the freedom from debt. I have been hiding from some of these obligations for between 1 and 4 years now, and the time has come to kill them dead asap. I have five debts to pay off at the moment. I expect to have three or four of them paid off by the end of this year, and all of them gone by this time next year.
This is definitely BAMM. I am really enjoying how it is making me grow.
This impresses me because it's no longer a question of afraid to deal with unknown in this case, but "How best do I do this?" instead. And now, I go shopping for food at the beginning of the month, when I get paid, and I have cut my food bill about 85%.
Socializing has taken a hit, but I have friends I can spend time with occasionally. I have started limiting expensive meals to once or twice a month, and even that bothers me now. Only going out to eat about 1 time in 10 that I would have previously.
I don't enjoy having so little socializing and entertainment, but I do crave the freedom from debt. I have been hiding from some of these obligations for between 1 and 4 years now, and the time has come to kill them dead asap. I have five debts to pay off at the moment. I expect to have three or four of them paid off by the end of this year, and all of them gone by this time next year.
This is definitely BAMM. I am really enjoying how it is making me grow.
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The scientist has a question to find an answer for. The pseudo-scientist has an answer to find a question for. ~ "Failure is the path of least persistence." - Chinese Fortune Cookie ~ Logic left. Emotion right. But thinking, straight ahead. ~ Sperate supra omnia in valorem. (The value of trust is above all else.) ~ Meowsomeness!
