For whatever reason, I decided to check out my blog today. And to my surprise, today is the 1 year anniversary of this blog. One year ago I wrote my first post titled "My Last Christmas With Debt". Reading through that was awesome. It made me think about "the place" I was in just a year ago...how I was feeling....where I lived....what I just went through....how I wanted to change my life for the better. It made me think of the amount of debt I started with on this journey. It made me remember how difficult it was to really get started on the journey. I can still remember the overwhelming feeling that I seemed to always feel when I thought of my financial situation. I remember feeling trapped, like there was no way I'll be able to follow my dreams or achieve my goals or at the very least.....exit the rat race. There was a time that I thought to myself that the way I was living just had to stay the same....that it was what most people go through and that I was just another person working hard to barely get by. I didn't see a light at the end of the tunnel for retirement. I remember thinking that I would have to continue working till I just physically couldn't work anymore. For some time before I started this blog and before I started my debt free journey, I was just another guy trying his hardest to provide for his family and doing what everyone else does to make that happen.
Thank God for this journey. What a difference a year makes. I live in a nicer home where my kids can run around freely. I don't have that same stress around how to pay the bills and still afford to buy some gifts for my family. I don't have anymore credit card debt! I have an emergency fund. And because we've made so much progress on our journey, doors have been opened that at one point in time I thought could never open again. It's the feeling of freedom...the simple thing of having options....it's a wonderful thing.
This blog has been a blessing. I can look back and see just how far I've come. I think it's very important for me to remember where I came from...how big of a hole I had to climb out of. I never want to get back to those days, when I felt trapped and thought freedom from debt was just a pipe dream. I like where I'm at right now....and it will only get better from here. I hope to look at this post a year from now and think.....wow, I really liked life back then.....but I'm lovin life now!
Thank God for this journey. What a difference a year makes. I live in a nicer home where my kids can run around freely. I don't have that same stress around how to pay the bills and still afford to buy some gifts for my family. I don't have anymore credit card debt! I have an emergency fund. And because we've made so much progress on our journey, doors have been opened that at one point in time I thought could never open again. It's the feeling of freedom...the simple thing of having options....it's a wonderful thing.
This blog has been a blessing. I can look back and see just how far I've come. I think it's very important for me to remember where I came from...how big of a hole I had to climb out of. I never want to get back to those days, when I felt trapped and thought freedom from debt was just a pipe dream. I like where I'm at right now....and it will only get better from here. I hope to look at this post a year from now and think.....wow, I really liked life back then.....but I'm lovin life now!
