a can of peaches

Lately, I have desperately been trying to pay off my credit card.

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I am not the type of person who ever gets in to debt. Even through university, I never took out a single student loan (thanks to living with my parents and their generous support, working a serving job and studying my ass off to get scholarships).

But a few months ago, I was unemployed. It lasted much longer than I thought it would – and it caused a major blow to both my ego and my bank account.

Since then, I have a job I love, and my confidence in being a ‘strong candidate’ for jobs is slowly coming back…although thinking of job searching again scares the crap out of me.

One of the reasons why I find being in debt so awful is because of the stigma associated with it.

I am embarrassed that I created this monster!

But that is ridiculous…life is full of ups and downs, and I will learn from my mistakes.

How?

Well, every pay cheque since I started my new job, I have put a small amount of money into savings, and a large amount of money on my credit card. This leaves a small amount for rent and spending.

So what gets cut? My food budget.

I am down to the last can of peaches in my house!

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It is so sad – but this can of peaches will be my breakfast and lunch today. Luckily I get paid on Thursday – and I am thrilled to announce that after this pay cheque, I will be one pay cheque away from getting out of debt!!

And then I will breathe a heavy sigh of relief, and stop stressing about something so insignificant.

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