by Beks
I received my husband’s registration for his truck in the mail yesterday. I noticed it looked a bit naked, the registration had a big empty white space.
Curious, I took a second look and noticed the void was a representation of our new debt free way of living.
Yup, the ‘Lender Information’ section was bare for the first time since we’ve been married. Heck, for the first time EVER.
We paid off his truck in July and seeing that big empty space brought back the same feelings I experienced the day I mailed the final check. I received two reminders since then that my fight with debt is ending. The pink slip made me giggly and the registration nearly made me cry.
Debt has haunted me, but I’m finally starting to clear the ghosts out of the closet.
It’s a wonderful feeling.
Beks is a full-time government employee who enjoys blogging late into the night after her four kids have gone to sleep. She’s been married to Chris, her college sweetheart, for 15 years. In 2017, after 3 long years working the Dave Ramsey Baby Steps, they paid off more than $70K and became debt free. When she’s not working or blogging, she’s exploring the great outdoors.
It’s so nice that the debt payoff excitement can carry through and be such as vivid and bright months later.
That is the awesomesauce.
That’s awesome, and it’s cool that the little reminders still catch you and get you excited. Great work!
Congratulations!! You are almost there 🙂
awesome, congrats!
Continuing good work, Beks. I love those little reminders of how much progress I’m making, too.
That is great. My wife and I paid off my truck last year as well and it still gets me excited that we own it free and claer. 5 years of monthly payments really took its toll on us.