Finding Freedom in a Budget – Our Financial Transformation5 min read

Two Years Into the Journey

Now, almost two years after finishing our FPU class, we have paid off and cut up all of our credit cards and tackled a few loans, a total of $31,758.95 of debt erased from our lives. During that time, we have also paid cash for more hospital and car repair bills than I want to count and purchased a car with cash.

We have gone from relying on credit cards and loans just to get by, to surviving countless potential financial disasters just by writing a check. Our finances, and our money mindsets have been completely transformed.

Although we are still free-spirits who want to explore the world and live as we please, we've found freedom in life on a budget. Now, we are in control and we decide where our money goes instead of watching it slip away.

So, for now, instead of exotic vacations and name brand clothes, we will stick to trips to the local zoo and second-hand treasures. Quite frankly, we are too busy freeing ourselves from debt to care.