"Command Your Financial Future"

My Guest this week is Carrie Rocha Author of Pocket Your Dollors. After my husband and I paid off $50,000+ in debt I felt compelled to share what we’d learned with others. Pocket Your Dollars is the place where I share. We Got Out of Debt Our journey started in June 2006 when my husband and I made a commitment. We decided to get out of debt and to stay out debt for the rest of our lives. Much like a new mom who panics when she realizes that the teeny baby is her responsibility, I felt afraid and overwhelmed by our decision, but we didn’t back down. We were and are middle class folks that had student loan debt, a car loan, tax debt, and more. We recognized the need to have discretionary income to pay off the existing debt and save for future purchases. Two ways we could do it - increase our income or decrease expense. We opted to start by decreasing our expense. I mean, who wants to work more hours in the day if they don’t have to?