Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving.!

I am thankful for so much in my life: my family, our home, our jobs, our reliable vehicles, the experiences we get to have. The list could go on and on.

I'm even thankful for our debt. I'm not happy we have debt; but our debt has helped to shape our choices and our opportunities. Our debt is a big part of why we are becoming fiscally responsible.

If we didn't have debt, we wouldn't have learned to budget.

If we didn't have debt, we wouldn't have learned to prioritize.

Essentially, if we didn't have debt, we wouldn't have the life we have.

Although we are working very hard to get out of debt, it is part of our family's past. A big part. A part of our history that helped to shape the life we live today.

So today, instead of whining and complaining about our debt, instead of thinking about what we could do with all the money we send to debt payment each month, I'm going to be thankful for my debt and remember that, in part, it led me to the life I have today.

I'm still going to work as hard as I can to get out of debt, but I'm going to take the lessons I've learned from it with me for the rest of my life and be thankful that I learned them early enough to make a change!

Be thankful!