When I was paying off my debt, I started thinking about my money differently. Instead of expecting one stream of income to do everything, I gave my income different jobs. One stream of income was for my life and the other stream was for my debt.
All in Eliminate Debt
When I was paying off my debt, I started thinking about my money differently. Instead of expecting one stream of income to do everything, I gave my income different jobs. One stream of income was for my life and the other stream was for my debt.
I wasn't just saying, I want to be debt-free.
I was paying attention to my money every day. I was tracking what was coming in. I was looking at what was going out. And I was spending a huge amount of my time working on the emotional patterns underneath my money behavior…
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My Aunt Ray reciprocated and started sharing her finances with me. She told me about how she would go to loan sharks and how she was in debt, she even brought out her pay slip so I could see how things were not adding up.
I really have been doing all the ish I do (including traveling and living all over the world) with just cash. I have no credit card or personal loans. I don't owe family and friends money.
Month end slaps differently when we are debt free.
The big lie we've been taught is that to live a debt free life we have to deny ourselves pleasure and enjoyment with money and never even mention the word "debt"...