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If you are up to your neck in debt, then you know just how stressful trying to keep up with bills and payments can be. Financial stress, however, is not simply in your head. If it gets bad enough, it could start affecting your overall health in very serious…
Yesterday I read the story of a guy who took loads of pills and booze trying to kill himself because he had too much debt. He survived and was left with sore tum, a hurting head, and the embarrassment of failure. Embarrassment for which his parents were very, very…
…is like a garden of roses: it feels good, affords opportunities and is not without its problems. Don’t be alarmed, please; I have not gone entirely off the rails three months after we paid off our large debt in record time. I will not go as far as telling…
We are debt-free today! And you are looking at an expensive bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon I brought back from Chile. It is empty. We drank it last Friday and it was outstanding wine. Even greater was the occasion – John and I had decided to share this bottle when…
Call me a snowflake. Call me an emotional woman. Tell me I don’t understand money because I would rather talk about money mentality (or these pesky feelings, beliefs and values) than primary school maths. Personal finance gurus tell us that our money destiny hangs in the balance between how…
Who doesn’t want to be on the debt freedom highway, right? I know that when we were in debt, I would have done anything to speed up becoming debt-free. Okay, nearly anything – I would have drawn the line at selling my soul to the Devil. Traditional personal finance…
I promised to share with you the steps I went through when faced with an enormous, scary debt to help you pay off debt intelligently. First, I asked you to search for funny feelings and symptoms that can be an early warning that you have debt. Then lead you,…
I would have never thought that getting in debt may have been the best thing to happen to me but my friend Alison may be onto something. Several years back I was driving a bright yellow Smart Fortwo with grey sidebars. Sweet! All my friends were rather surprised. This…