It's amazing the time lost...

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Registered: 12-05-2004
It's amazing the time lost...
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Wed, 12-08-2004 - 1:46pm


It's amazing the time that was lost when I was spending and spending and going out all the time to stores running up my credit card bill. It's only been since Sunday when all our debt came out in the open, and since then, I have found time to clean out my closets, work with my son on cleaning out his room, finding toys he no longer plays with so we can clean them up real nice and donate them to a local charity, cutting low tree limbs off our of trees in our yard, etc. I just have so much more time to do fun things. This morning, my son asked if we could play a board game before starting homeschool, and I was so relaxed and could actually say, "Sure...sounds good!" and join him in a fun game before hitting the books. Last night, I looked through some pictures of family, and found some funny ones that actually made me laugh...a good hard laugh, which is something I hadnt been able to do in a long time when my guilt over my debt was eating me up inside. If life is this much better when I'm just "facing" my debt, I wonder how much better it'll be when the debt is gone. I feel like I've gained so many hours back of each day to just enjoy life and get more accomplished.

Patty

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 12-08-2004 - 11:43pm

Glad to hear you are feeling better and enjoy life again.

MYM

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 12-09-2004 - 12:49pm
I used to get no sleep! I worried and Dh and I have a great marriage but we fall apart concerning money. Now everything is in the open, we are the journey of getting ris of our debr. We live with my parents and all of our possessions are in storage but I no longer feel like I need them. I no longer go shopping. I can see the light (it is dim but there is light!) and look forward to basking in debt free!
kiki
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