And so closes 2017...
When I reignited this blog a year ago, I had set an unrealistic ambitious goal of paying off $20,000 of my debt. It didn’t happen and I make no excuse other than it was just too big a goal to begin with. In August 2016 I accepted a job that was about a 15k pay raise and a shorter commute, but I had been living “in the red” at my previous job, and I had some increased expenses in 2017. Some of these were by choice (adopting the cat, having a boyfriend who lived 30 minutes away, starting my own businesses- no investments that I regretted, though!) and some were unpreventable, such as my rent increasing. Even with a second job and constantly scouting for other sources of income, $20,000 wasn’t realistic. But I don’t regret anything. This year has been part of a journey and I am proud of it. I started directing theater club after school and I had the chance to teach an English camp this summer. What started out as an extra-income search landed...