So, with a ton of time behind me on this blog I have decided that it is time to finally take the last plunge toward becoming debt free in 5 years. I know that this is not a terribly new idea in terms of personal finance but I think that it is a good thing to think about and a good goal to have. At this time, I continue to have a car payment which is a result of driving my old toyota corolla for about 10 years and then finally junking it this past summer at about 180K miles when the A/C stopped working and the expected repair bill would top 1000 dollars. Since there was some money in the checking account, I decided to buy a new car. One major theme that I would like to discuss this coming year is managing cash flow . I have always been conscious of this topic but I was especially conscious of it this year because I wanted to make sure that adding the car payment would not impact me too much. So, with a small downpayment, I took a loan at zero percent interest for 5 years. At this p...
small steps toward making myself a better, richer, and happier man.