I throw alot of temper tantrums wondering why life never changed once we paid off our debt. We still lived the same lifestyle so I claimed.
But on days when my head is screwed on right, I feel very blessed that I married a contented man. Someone who continues to teach me and grow me daily.
We've worked very hard in the business. At first, in 2007, it was just "me". All of the real estate income was supplemental while his Corporate America job pays for our daily needs.
I've shared my Dave Ramsey story here many times. If you were interested, watch the video here.
Long story short, paying off $450,000 in debt wasn't easy. But every dollar just chunked away until $450,000 became zero.
It didn't come easy and saying "No's" to alot of things have been the new "normal", including making alot of crazy sacrifices. Sacrifices that people in our income normally don't do. But we keep on, keeping on.
Today....... Today I had my head screwed on right. I didn't throw a temper tantrum. As I was heading to my 9am breakfast appointment, an incredibly feeling over-joyed me. My husband stayed home with the kids. No issues with childcare this week even though school was out. My husband was able to get some work done at home. He was able to finish getting Christmas stuff ready for the party. Getting the house in shape to anticipate the hundreds of guests that will come through our home on our Annual party. And we even negotiated a contract, getting ready to execute it.
If we didn't make the sacrifice - to pay off our mountains of debt, to let him work real estate full-time with me and to share the load of child nurturing with me, I would possibly be insane by now. I'm able to have my BFF share so much of what I go through daily with work and family.
I must now have a new found reminder of "How LIFE did CHANGE after DEBT".
For my husband to be able to work alongside me, for us to take care of our children together and bear the stress of business and family together beat any house I wished I had.
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