[-$101,100] Losing the Fat: A Gym Crawl and Other Aspirations

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I made another payment toward my debt. I’m now down to $101,100. Woot! I’m within striking distance of breaking through that 6-figure marker! This time next month, mid July, should be when it finally happens. I…CAN’T…WAIT!  Finally I will feel like I’m making some progress. In the meantime, I toil away.

Unfortunately, my interest rate isn’t the only thing increasing. I’ve been gaining weight Read More

[-$103,000] A Quick Update – My Shortest Post Ever

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Is this why my food budget is out of control? For all this time, I’ve been buying and eating actual food. How did I not know about these rations?!  Sigh. Yet again, I didn’t do the research to learn about these options ahead of time. Mmmm. And it looks like there are other special flavors too – Resentment, Bitterness, and Despair!

Hmmm. So if you Read More

[-$103,834] Debt Regret: Dealing with the ‘What Ifs’

Debt Regret

(Debt) Regret

Regret: to feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over (something that has happened or been done, especially a loss or missed opportunity).

On this blog I write often (ok, all the time!)  about how much I regret my financial (mis)management and its resulting debt. Boy o boy do I regret it. And the feeling is constant. I can hear your eyes rolling. “Is she going on about this, again?!”  Yes. Yes, I am, but hear me out.

As I wrote about here, although I never Read More