Comments on: Cleaning up the Fiscal Mess we made

By: Personal finance and wealth at A Penny Saved… : Total Money Makeover Update Month 1

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:31:18 +0000

[...] the end of the first month in our Total Money Makeover adventure. It’s officially been a lesson in our personal finance [...]

By: Rogers Place

Rogers Place — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:12:38 +0000

Sounds like your doing good to eliminate uneccesary debt. We will all have debt like mortages that will take time to pay. As you eliminate those smaller debts and pay with cash instead of credit everything seems to be cheaper. That $2.00 soda is now only $2.00 instead of $300.00. Keep up the good work and good luck in your venture.

By: susan

susan — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:42:08 +0000

I was where you are 10 year ago. Had not heard about dave then but did my own version of the plan (smallest to largest). When I heard about him, I did the $1000 emergency plan. Made a big difference. My car broke down and I freaked until I realized that I had the money and it was just an inconvenience. Now I have no debt only a do-able mortage and was able to stay local (2 other people in my group travel constantly) by having a flexible schedule. My company pays me a minimum of 27 hours a week when things are slow (very often in my business) to working 40+ hours when necessary. Life was difficult for a while but DEFINTELEY worth it now. You GO! The budget and only cash spending make the big difference.