Crunching the Numbers

Thought for today: For debtors, pressure builds up over time.  It comes from not understanding where money is going, feeling out of control. Pressure Relief starts to come when we understand what is causing pressure.  Writing down a list of all of our expenses serves as a beginning, but what do we do with the list we have […]

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What Spending Categories Should I Use For My Pressure Relief Numbers?

Thought for today: Feeling financial pressure?  Having a Pressure Relief Meeting, as outlined in DA Tool Four, can help.  It starts with tracking our spending for a few weeks, and ends with sharing what we find with others more experienced in the program. Tracking what is going on with our money, summarizing it, sharing it with a Pressure […]

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Doing Numbers Stress-Free

Thought for today: To help recover from compulsive debting, we can meet in  Pressure Relief Meetings in which we review our spending and income, and develop a Spending Plan and an Action Plan. Sometimes the disease of compulsive debting can make tracking our numbers seem so overwhelming that we avoid doing it: Some of us have math anxiety and fear […]

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