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I enjoy special treats with my family. $147 gave us a family membership at a local indoor recreation center complete with two large pools and water slides. This weekend I decided I would take my family out for breakfast. Of all meals out, usually breakfast is the most economical. Oops. Not this one. We went to an IHOP (international house of pancakes) that just opened near us and was handed a bill (+tip) for $40. Forty. Hmmmm. When I got home, I picked up a book given to me, oh, two years ago, called Total Money Makeover, by Dave Ramsey. I started to realize how my life has been a series of overspending $40 and up. I decided the best thing to do was follow the steps necessary to become debt free. We can actually do it. We could have zero car payments within this next year, begin saving for retirement and my girls’ education, and become more free financially.
Now I finally have a reason to speak on Sundays about financial freedom. I have a hard time speaking on something I’m not already doing. “I’ve heard this is a great thing to do. You should go do it.” Or, “do as I say, not as I do.”
