I’ve got a treat for you today, EOD Nation! This debt thing that we talk about here on EOD isn’t just a US thing….it’s worldwide. I’ve got a friend who lives in the UK who put her nose to the grindstone and paid off a ridiculous amount of debt. Now, she wants to share how she did it, and how you can apply the same principles to rid your life of debt FOREVER. Part one of a multi-post series of how to do it is up right now. It’s relatable, it’s detailed, and it comes from her personal experiences. I suggest you get your fists in the air, and pump them hard for Maria over at The Money Principle – check out her post and stay tuned for the next installment!
If that wasn’t enough….here are a couple of other great posts I read this week!
Posts That Make Me Fist Pump
- What I’ve Learned About Money by Becoming a Parent from Club Thrifty
- A Moment of Self-Reflection About What Money Can’t Buy from Debt Roundup
- The One Money Management Tip That Changed Our Lives from My Personal Finance Journey
- How to Pay off Debt Fast and Stay Debt Free Forever: all you need to know about your debt from The Money Principle
Thanks for sharing my MPFJ post, Travis!! Not sure what’s going on down in your neck of the woods, but we just got a nice blanket of snow here today – and I thought we were done!!! I am SO ready for spring!
We got a decent amount of snow out of that system as well…….but it’s been warmer since – I hope we are done now, but for some reason I think Winter has at least one more surprise for us!
Hurrah Maria! What an inspiring and wonderfully detailed post!
My husband and I paid off my student loans 3 weeks ago and we are now debt free (yay us). I can relate to Maria’s experience of people trying to down play her success with comments about income or circumstances or whatever. The thing is, in my experience, these same people make sizable incomes yet are bleeding money because of eating out or buying new cars or electronics. My husband and I worked our butts off: overt-time, holiday pay, rarely eating out, living in a 605 sq.ft. apartment, downsizing to 1 care, etc. We weren’t entirely miserly: we enjoyed nights out with friends (not eating out, of course), movies, even concerts. But we never lost sight of what was most important to us. We paid off $68,000 in 2 years by focusing and working very hard.
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Glad you enjoyed it, Scarr :). Now here is to paying off large debt and staying off forever.
Great to hear from you, scarr….it’s been a Loooooong time! Hope you are doing well!
Travis, thank you for including my post and featuring it in the write up. I’m glad to say that ‘forever’ is a very long time but we’ve been debt free – and building savings and investments – since that momentous day we paid off the debt. And the rules will all be in the book I’ve almost finished :).
You’re very welcome, Maria…looking forward to reading more!