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Flashback Friday: Worthless

Tips like these helped us pay off $127K in debt. You can read our story in Slaying the Debt Dragon: How One Family Conquered Their Money Monster and Found an Inspired Happily Ever After.

October 24, 2014 By Cherie Lowe

Do you have debt? Maybe your dream should be to be worthless.



Today, we’re flashing back to 2010 with this Flashback Friday post. I wrote these words nearly four years ago, in the thick of our battle of paying off $127K.

You’re worthless.

You have no value.

You don’t have a dime to your name.

Odd as it may seem, these are goals of ours.

Perhaps I should explain?

You see right now, we’re worse than worthless. We owe. We owe, we owe, we owe. We owe a lot of money to the Evil Sorceress Sallie Mae. And we’re sick of it.

We don’t want to owe anyone a dime. Sure we’d like to have a few dimes to our name – someday. But for now, we’d be content with having no worth. We’d be happy to owe no one and even if it meant having nothing.

The yoke of debt is heavy. We know it, you know it, we all know it. It’s the first thing that most of us think about when we roll out of bed. Otherwise, many of us would be much less compelled to go to work. It might be what keeps you awake at night.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life. As you head into the holidays, keep the goal of being worthless in the forefront of your mind.

I know it’s what keeps us going in this debt slaying journey. Over $74K paid off since April of 2008.

Eventually we’ll be worthless. Hopefully not low down or no good but worthless.

Gain inspiration to pay off debt! Check out Inspiration to Pay Off Debt: 30 Days of Encouragement from the Queen of Free on Kindle or Pre-Order Slaying the Debt Dragon: How One Family Conquered Their Money Monster and Found an Inspired Happily Ever After (due out January 2015).

This post contains an affiliate link. That means when you get a great deal or maybe even something for free, you also help our family pay off our mortgage early. And for that, we royally thank you!

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My book is now available: Slaying the Debt Dragon: How One Family Conquered Their Money Monster and Found an Inspired Happily Ever After. You can also check out The Debt Free Devotional: 30 Days of Encouragement From the Bible For Those Paying Off Debt on Kindle.

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  • Margaret FeinbergMargaret FeinbergAuthor of Fight Back With Joy

    "Cherie Lowe is a gifted writer, researcher, and thinker who lives what she teaches. Her inspirational story reminds all of us that we don’t have to fall prey the debt dragon. Living debt free is possible if you follow Lowe’s sound and practical wisdom."

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    "When it comes to saving money and paying off debt, Cherie not only talks the talk, but truly walks the walk! Sharing easy-to-implement ideas along with a dose of tough love, Cherie leads with the perfect combination of empathy and authority. If you are struggling to pay off debt, you won't find a better cheerleader."

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