I live, write, and garden in the PNW with my husband of 28 years, disabled daughter, adult 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!!!!Well, it is not as much as I wanted it to be since we have to save for taxes, but I still put a nice little chunk of change into the Emergency Fund this payday. I had .57 leftover in the checking account from last week, so that is added into what came out of the paycheck as well. I have started running a $0 based budget, so that every single dollar and cent from the paycheck goes to use. I have enough of a cushion in checking to not be worried about doing that, plus I am so meticulous about what is spent, so it was time to bite the bullet and just do it.
$10,771.20 Previous Balance
+__,479.82 Amount Added
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$11,251.02 New Balance