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by Ashley

Good morning, friends! I hope your Monday isn’t a Moan-day! (har har har)

In light of the recent happenings, I debated whether or not I would address or acknowledge what has gone on. I do think I have a unique perspective. Us bloggers did form somewhat of a “bond,” particularly in the early days when things were quite tough (there were some growing pains in the beginning!)

So, although I don’t want to go into a big, drawn out thing, I do want to say that I wish Jim and his family well. I enjoyed the diversity that his story brought to the table and wish him success in his debt-free journey. I agree with Jeffrey 100% when he talked about it being sad whenever a blogger leaves, regardless of the reason.

I hope that, in the end, this will be the best decision for Jim. I do think that, at his heart, he is a good person and I wish him the best. I hope that no longer having this blogging responsibility at BAD will lead to a calmer and more stress-free life.

That’s all I want to say about that – I just felt it would be strange or inauthentic to not even acknowledge this change, so I wanted to say something. And, because there is really no good segue from this topic to a regular debt-related topic, I’ll just leave it short and sweet. I’ll be back with a “normal” post in a couple hours.

Wish you all some peace, hugs, and happiness this Monday morning!

by Jeffrey Strain

This is just a quick note to keep all the regular readers informed. Nate and I had a discussion today and decided it was in the best interest of the blog to ask Jim to leave. He will no longer be blogging here.

Despite this being the correct decision under the circumstances, it’s not something that we’re happy about. It’s always our hope that those who begin blogging here will ultimately stick around until they have blogged away their debt. When one of the bloggers doesn’t, for whatever reason, it’s disappointing. We hope that Jim manages to continue to work on his debt, and ultimately manages to pay if all off so he can be debt free.

We haven’t made a decision on what we will do with the open slot at this time. We are considering leaving it open and continue with the three bloggers we have at this time. We would also consider adding another blogger if that’s what most of the readers are interested in seeing. We would appreciate your opinions on this.

If you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the comments.