Comments on: How did I get this far in debt? http://mycrazydebt.com/2008/05/30/how-did-i-get-this-far-in-debt/ My blog about life and getting out of debt. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:07:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: twiggers http://mycrazydebt.com/2008/05/30/how-did-i-get-this-far-in-debt/#comment-172 twiggers Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:33:29 +0000 http://mycrazydebt.com/2008/05/30/how-did-i-get-this-far-in-debt/#comment-172 I hear ya about regrets...I am full of them too! So much useless crap that we bought that I no longer have. Fortunately, about 20K of it was things I was easily able to liquidate and sell to help pay down the debt! The scarier thing is to calculate with interest how much that stuff cost! Makes me never want to use a credit card again! I hear ya about regrets…I am full of them too! So much useless crap that we bought that I no longer have. Fortunately, about 20K of it was things I was easily able to liquidate and sell to help pay down the debt! The scarier thing is to calculate with interest how much that stuff cost! Makes me never want to use a credit card again!

]]> By: ksquare http://mycrazydebt.com/2008/05/30/how-did-i-get-this-far-in-debt/#comment-169 ksquare Sat, 31 May 2008 02:05:30 +0000 http://mycrazydebt.com/2008/05/30/how-did-i-get-this-far-in-debt/#comment-169 I can totally relate. I ran up alot of my credit card debt buying things & gifts to "please" my friends & to keep up with the "Joneses" - that's why I wasn't able to even think about buying a house until I was about 37. In the year I have owned the house I have racked up more debt - you would think I had learned my lesson - but I wanted to have things just right and right now for my house and to please my girlfriend. I am paying for it now.... the stress and worrying I thought was behind me when I paid off my debt 2 years ago is returning. I am working on my plan to pay this off and this time for good - I need to be able to concentrate on maintaining good health. I have been reading alot of blogs including yours. They are inspiring me to build an emergency fund and make a plan to eliminate my debt. I am also learning many ways to be smarter with my money and my spending habits. SO, I want to say thanks for sharing your story and your plan! Remember though... what is in the past is in the past - we can't dwell on it. Do your best and work hard and smart to pay this off and keep in mind what the road looked like that took you there in the first place - that way you can avoid it in the future! Good luck!! I can totally relate. I ran up alot of my credit card debt buying things & gifts to “please” my friends & to keep up with the “Joneses” - that’s why I wasn’t able to even think about buying a house until I was about 37. In the year I have owned the house I have racked up more debt - you would think I had learned my lesson - but I wanted to have things just right and right now for my house and to please my girlfriend. I am paying for it now…. the stress and worrying I thought was behind me when I paid off my debt 2 years ago is returning.

I am working on my plan to pay this off and this time for good - I need to be able to concentrate on maintaining good health. I have been reading alot of blogs including yours. They are inspiring me to build an emergency fund and make a plan to eliminate my debt. I am also learning many ways to be smarter with my money and my spending habits.

SO, I want to say thanks for sharing your story and your plan! Remember though… what is in the past is in the past - we can’t dwell on it. Do your best and work hard and smart to pay this off and keep in mind what the road looked like that took you there in the first place - that way you can avoid it in the future!

Good luck!!

]]> By: Jim ~ mydebtblog.com http://mycrazydebt.com/2008/05/30/how-did-i-get-this-far-in-debt/#comment-167 Jim ~ mydebtblog.com Fri, 30 May 2008 21:35:33 +0000 http://mycrazydebt.com/2008/05/30/how-did-i-get-this-far-in-debt/#comment-167 It seems like a third of your debt went to tires, a third to vacations, and the remaining to other stuff. At least you picked 2008 to start tackling this before it could have doubled in another 10 right? I know how rough it is to be paying for stuff you no longer have. The real question is do you guys have any stuff you're willing to sell off to help boost paying it off? You've done a great job so far getting the taxes and truck paid off. Don't beat yourself up over the past though. It seems like a third of your debt went to tires, a third to vacations, and the remaining to other stuff. At least you picked 2008 to start tackling this before it could have doubled in another 10 right? I know how rough it is to be paying for stuff you no longer have. The real question is do you guys have any stuff you’re willing to sell off to help boost paying it off? You’ve done a great job so far getting the taxes and truck paid off. Don’t beat yourself up over the past though.

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