One of my Yakezie team members is out of credit card debt! There’s still quite a bit to go with her student loans but as for the credit card debt:

Beautiful!  Love those round zeros!  ~ Broke Gal in NYC

A few things that are great about retiring that debt:

• Things are simpler.  Fewer monthly bills to keep track of.
• Things are freer.  The money that was going toward those payments can now be shuttled somewhere else.
• Things are just plain easier.  The psychological weight of those credit card payments is gone.

Great job Broke Gal!

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