Comments on: It’s International “Be Proud of Your Money” Day!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 13:42:07 +0000

In reply to April. Glad to have you here, April! Amazing journey you've been on - congrats!! I want an email please when you hit $0.00 :)

By: April

April — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 01:03:32 +0000

Hi money lovers! My name is April, and I’ve been paying attention to my finances for many (?) years now. I’ve accomplished the following this year and I’m damn proud of it: I’m finally down to owing under $25,000 on my mortgage! I can’t wait to be done! Solo parent, teacher income… it’s been work.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 12:30:10 +0000

In reply to vicki. very cool!! What a great set of mentors you had there :) All of our lives would be different depending on how/when/where/why/who we were born to! For the better or the worse!

By: vicki

vicki — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 12:46:41 +0000

I have been paying attention to finances since I was 5 years old. My mother took me to the corner store to buy something with my money (a handful of change). I picked out my candy and put it on the counter. When the lady at the counter wanted my money and I realized to get the candy I had to give her my money I took back my money and left the candy there.
When I was 30 and realized that I could significantly save money by simply paying more on my principal every month on my house mortgage I got very excited and began doing that. I have been debt-free since I was 40 and I am now 64 years old,
I can’t say I am proud without a shout out to my mom and dad who always lived within their means and saved. It is a gift in my opinion. I know it can be learned but I feel like I was given a gift and can’t take credit for it. It makes me wonder if I had had a different type upbringing, would I still be debt free?

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:15:51 +0000

In reply to JILLIAN. Congrats Jillian!! Gonna be a damn good new year! :)

By: JILLIAN

JILLIAN — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:00:26 +0000

My name is Jillian and in 2015 I had been paying attention to money since 2006. Then I graduated from college (2 sep schools) and got really serious about money in 2011. In 2015 I would have back surgery and loads of medical effects leading to more debt. In 2020 I am happy to report that I am happy and have a good relationship with money. Less than 7000 of student loans and will completely debt free.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 14:33:10 +0000

In reply to Mark Bustamonte. Nice! Welcome to the club!

By: Mark Bustamonte

Mark Bustamonte — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 02:13:16 +0000

Hi money lovers! My name is Mark Bustamonte, and I’ve been paying attention to my finances for 5 years now. I’ve accomplished the following this year and I’m damn proud of it: FREEDOM!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 18:40:51 +0000

In reply to Karl.

Yeah boy!!! You’re killing it with that HSA too – that’s one area I haven’t gone down yet that I’d like to once things get back on track over here… Congrats on being a maxaholic!

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 03:27:30 +0000

Hi money lovers! My name is Karl, and I’ve been paying attention to my finances for 17 months now. I’ve accomplished the following this year and I’m damn proud of it: I will be maxing out my 2015 contributions to my 401(k), Roth IRA, and HSA. Now I have enough in the HSA to invest any further contributions. The HSA is inspired by J$ because currently all of it is going into VTSAX.