Today marks the 10 year anniversary of my wife and I deciding we were tired of living beyond paycheck to paycheck – in fact WAY BEYOND paycheck to paycheck. Ten years ago today, November 15, 2003, was the day we really committed.
We were broke. By definition, we owed more than we could pay and were feeling the pain. The pinch had been felt years before.
I would love to tell you that my wife was on onboard, but I am not sure that either one of us were. We just wanted relief.
It sure was nice knowing we had come together and ‘committed’ to this. Unfortunately, we did not know on that Saturday morning at the campground that Monday morning was looming……