by Tricia
At the end of every month, I look at my Quicken file and determine how much more we can send towards our debt before the month end. This month, we could comfortably send $250 towards our debt.
But wait…if we send $365, we could get our debt balance below $16,000.
With being so close to that little milestone, I couldn’t help but tack on more to our end of January payment. Our checking account will be very low for a little while, but that just means we can’t spend money 😛
The extra money I sent today brings our credit card debt to $15,999.
Next up? $14,999 🙂
Wow! 14,999 looks so much smaller than 15,999 – can’t wait for the next milestone!
Inspiring… milestones definitely help us feel like we are getting somewhere:-) Awesome job on reaching one of yours!
i do the same thing! when i can’t hit those thousands i’m just as excited about hitting the next hundred. have to keep believing it’s moving us faster in the direction we want to go.
It is very motivating to hit those $1,000 milestones and break through them! Great job…you’ll be down to $10k before you know it.
Good for you, that’s so exciting! The end is really in sight for you now. 🙂
This is so awesome! I can’t wait to see it hit $9,999!
Congrats! Can’t wait to read about you being under $15k in debt!
Great news!
You are a great motivator for the rest of us
woo hoo!! congrats! we just brought ours down from the 16k’s to the 15k’s this month too. feels good.
posted a link to one of your articles on my blog www.natedavidscott3.blogspot.com
sorry…the first comment had the wrong link
Congratulations! I’m plugging away at mine, too. Right now, I’m working a part time second job to make some extra payments on my credit cards. This month, I was able to pay an extra $430.00 on the card with my highest balance.
I also canceled the “security” insurance on the card, which was costing me between $16-$17.00 per month.
Congrats! I love to read about people who are successfully getting themselves out of debt. Three cheers for you!
Nice work, this is a method all always follow as well. Plus the feeling of hitting a milestone is rewarding, especially it you set the bar high and it takes some time to get there.
Great job!! 🙂 It’s amazing to see you drive down that debt.
Congratulations!
You are doing an incredible job in decreasing your debt.
I’m inspired !! 🙂
Way to go! And thanks for inspiring me to do the same today. Paid extra to drop to 15K (down from owing 30K in 1/07). Just think. By Valentine’s Day next year, we can be credit card debt free!
Congrats Tricia! I’ve been watching that debt of yours go down over the last year and a half and I’m truly amazed at your dedication. Before you know it you’ll have everything paid off
Going under the next thousand is an awesome feeling, I love those moments. Enjoy!
congrats on your success. Have been steadily clearing off your debts I really appreciate that.