Da Benjamins: An Update
We are only months away from being credit card debt free. As in, fewer months than I can count on one hand.
Dudes. DUDES.
I can't even.
Seriously, sentences won't form.
Of course, we're not dancing on the tables yet, because once you've been in the depths of financial misery, you know not to count your freedom until it's actually there, but still. This is a big deal. Five years ago, when we started working with Care One, it seemed like we'd never be this close. And now here we are.
Feels good.
Also, savings account. As in, we actually have one. And it actually has a little money in it. As in, for the past three months, we've only added to it. This is also momentous for us.
And part three, bills. We're actually keeping track of them and not avoiding them now. We're not totally up to speed on all of them, but we are *this close*. Can I just say that it's much easier to keep track of the bills when it doesn't make you cry to face all the bills? Funny how that works.
Soon, we're going to actually be able to chip away at our "normal" debts, like car loans and the mortgage.
Once upon a time, we lived paycheck to....Monday after paycheck. It seemed like there was no hope. It was rough, and the misery we felt then and the lessons we learned are still very fresh in our minds. We don't take anything for granted. We know that hard times can hit at any time. God is in control. Not our bank account.
And we are in no way rollin' in it now. We still have some concerns, and big expenses on the horizon make us a little nervous. But I'm not going to pretend our sky is falling. Because that's happened before, and this is nowhere near that. When you go through fire, you know it's insulting to pretend that a little heat is the same thing.
Sometimes, you can look at your life and feel like the sun will never shine consistently. I've been there, and I promise you, as impossible as it seems, things CAN change. Not easily. Not quickly. Not exactly like you wish they would. But with God, all things are possible.
He is the only one who deserves any credit for this.
Haha, credit. See what I did there?
Weeping may last for a night, but joy comes in the morning. The night may last a few years, but it does eventually end.
Dudes. DUDES.
I can't even.
Seriously, sentences won't form.
Of course, we're not dancing on the tables yet, because once you've been in the depths of financial misery, you know not to count your freedom until it's actually there, but still. This is a big deal. Five years ago, when we started working with Care One, it seemed like we'd never be this close. And now here we are.
Feels good.
Also, savings account. As in, we actually have one. And it actually has a little money in it. As in, for the past three months, we've only added to it. This is also momentous for us.
And part three, bills. We're actually keeping track of them and not avoiding them now. We're not totally up to speed on all of them, but we are *this close*. Can I just say that it's much easier to keep track of the bills when it doesn't make you cry to face all the bills? Funny how that works.
Soon, we're going to actually be able to chip away at our "normal" debts, like car loans and the mortgage.
Once upon a time, we lived paycheck to....Monday after paycheck. It seemed like there was no hope. It was rough, and the misery we felt then and the lessons we learned are still very fresh in our minds. We don't take anything for granted. We know that hard times can hit at any time. God is in control. Not our bank account.
And we are in no way rollin' in it now. We still have some concerns, and big expenses on the horizon make us a little nervous. But I'm not going to pretend our sky is falling. Because that's happened before, and this is nowhere near that. When you go through fire, you know it's insulting to pretend that a little heat is the same thing.
Sometimes, you can look at your life and feel like the sun will never shine consistently. I've been there, and I promise you, as impossible as it seems, things CAN change. Not easily. Not quickly. Not exactly like you wish they would. But with God, all things are possible.
He is the only one who deserves any credit for this.
Haha, credit. See what I did there?
Weeping may last for a night, but joy comes in the morning. The night may last a few years, but it does eventually end.
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