Pimp Your Finances

It’s that time of the month again. No, not that time of the month. I’m talking about my update on getting out of debt!
February was a great month for me. I used my tax returns to pay down 23% of my debt. However, I didn’t make nearly as much progress in March.
I paid off another 2.8%, [...]

As you may know, one of my goals this year is to pay off all my credit card debt. Once a month, I post my progress. It helps motivate me, and also keeps me honest, too.
After all, it wouldn’t make sense for me to share tips on improving your finances or accomplishing goals, and then not [...]

As you may know, one of my resolutions for this year is to get out of credit card debt for good.
I haven’t set any specific benchmarks, but I have been tracking my progress.  Last month, I paid down 9.96% of my debt!  That’s slightly ahead of schedule.  I’ll need to pay down around 8-9% each month [...]

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the 10 Financial Commandments for Your 20s.  Within a week, it become my most popular post.
Kiplinger’s Starting Out wrote the original list, and they just published the sequel – 10 Financial Commandments for Your 30s.
Just like I did with the last one, I’m going to share their list with my [...]

My Magic Number

As I type this, I owe $10,793.86 on three credit cards.

Here is where the damage came from…