Small Triumph

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Registered: 08-15-2005
Small Triumph
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Thu, 09-08-2005 - 8:28pm

My new Discover Card came this week, and I called today to activate it. The nice young man at Discover asked if I had any higher-interest balances I'd like to transfer to my Discover Card since it had no balance on that card. I got a HUGE thrill from telling him, "I have no balances to transfer. I have no debts." That's the first time I've had to activate a new card since I became debt-free last year, so it was a real milestone for me--the first time I wasn't jumping at the opportunity to transfer a balance to a zero-interest card.

I do not recall any purchase I ever made with a credit card that made me feel as good as it did to be able to say "I have no debts." I never thought I'd ever be able to reach that point, but I did. It can be done. Just a small triumph, but a real milestone for someone who once had as much debt as I had.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: clairestj
Fri, 09-09-2005 - 8:38am
Congrats!

All my best,
Danni