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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Believe In the Possibility of Solvency

Thought for today: The lifestyle of escalating debt leads to a downward-spiral in a person’s self-esteem.  Panic becomes a way of life.  Creditors’ calls plagued us at every turn.  We couldn’t breath, it was so constricting.  It was insane to live this way.   But what was the alternative? A member shares: “I really didn’t have much choice […]

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February 13, How Can Daily Record Maintenance Ever Be Manageable?

Thought for today: How vague we were about our money before DA! How overwhelming, the thought of tax time! People around us always seemed to be able to handle money. What was wrong with us? What did they know that we didn’t? We tried hard to balance our checkbook, only to give up in a […]

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“The Secret of Doing My Numbers Painlessly”

A member shares a tool they have found helpful: “DA does not endorse any particular number tracking method, so I struggled for a long time for a simple tool to do my numbers. I felt compelled to share my experience with a product that fits all our DA needs. Read on to discover what they […]

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