We are on the home stretch! Last year, we were able to whittle our last debt down from $36k to $24k! We’re hoping to knock the rest of this bad boy out by the end of this year. There is a curve ball – this battle wouldn’t be suspenseful without one, right?? My husband quit his job! Yes, he quit…in the middle of a horrible economy, without having a back-up in his pocket, he just threw in the towel.
Why, you ask? Well, this decision was by no means an overnight one. It took us a year to come to this conclusion. His work was unbearably stressful – to the point of stressing me out. We decided that he’s too young to be stuck in a job just to get the bills paid! This is very much in line with our reasoning for getting out of debt – we don’t want our financial situation to keep us from fulfilling our dreams. And because we’ve been so faithful with keeping our monthly budgets, we’re able to live on one income now and still pay off debt!
Don’t get me wrong, hard work and discipline aren’t the only tools working for us. We have a powerful God on our side, and He is seeing to it that our expectations are exceeded (Malachi 3:10). So far, my husband has been unemployed for ~1 month, and it’s like we haven’t missed a bit. All of our expenses have been covered, including a transmission fluid change for his car!
I know the rest of this journey is not going to be a walk in the park, but I am so thrilled to be so close to the finish line!
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