Finding Financial Freedom & Paying off Debt

Okay, vulnerability time.

I don’t know about you, but I am exhausted by the rat race.
Tired of working so hard to keep up with the Joneses—only to realize they’re probably in debt too.

Let’s just say, we didn’t exactly tiptoe into debt. We did a full-on cannonball.

How We Got Here

On paper, my husband has a great-paying job. In reality, over $3,500 of his paycheck disappears every month just to make the minimum payments on our debt. (Not household bills, not food, not gas—debt.) That’s more than $42,000 a year to basically rent our past mistakes. Iconic, right?

And honestly—was any of it worth it?
The car payment? Meh.
The name-brand shoes? Cute, but not that cute.
The random Amazon orders at 11 p.m.? Definitely not.

All those purchases we thought would make life easier? They’ve only made us feel stuck.

What We Want Instead

But here’s the thing—I want more.
More time with my husband instead of trading hours for interest payments.
More memories with our kids while they’re still little.
More freedom to travel, to give, to invest, to just breathe without feeling like the next bill will knock us down again.

I’m craving the simple life.
The one where money feels like a tool to build something beautiful—not something that controls us.

Our Plan For Financial Freedom

So—welcome to my finance journey.

We are paying off debt.
We are growing our savings.
We are investing—big and small.
We are truly learning to enjoy our money.
We are eating good food.
We are traveling the world and making memories as a family.
We are finding freedom.

That’s the plan.

I’ll be sharing every little detail here—step by step, mistake by mistake, victory by victory. Because you can’t fix what you’re afraid to look at, and we’re done pretending it’s not a problem.

If you’re sitting there nodding your head thinking, Same girl. Same.—you’re in good company.

It doesn’t matter what our friends think.
It doesn’t matter what our family thinks.
We’re not following their rules. We’re making our own.

Cheers to freedom. And to not having to decline collect calls all day. ♡

—S

[ Ready to start? Here’s Step 1: No Debt → ]

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