I live, write, and garden in the PNW with my husband of 27 years, disabled daughter, college-aged son, and my 84-year-old mother. We have paid off $250,000.00 worth of debt (if you include the interest) in the last fifteen years and as of 6/12/2020 are 100% DEBT FREE!!!!The way I have my monthly budget set up, I can only make a small deposit to the EF on the first payday, but on the second payday I can make a large one. I'd rather do it the other way around, but the bills have to be paid on certain dates, and this way is just more practical. I also rolled the coin in my coin jar. So I guess I start with a whimper and end with a bag as opposed to the other way round in the poem by Yeats. Also the world's not ending, maybe, so there's that.
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