Dave Ramsey is Awesome
Posted in Thrifty Thursday and tagged with Cheap, Dave Ramsey, Family, Money, Thrifty Thursday on 07/02/2009 02:52 pm by loriThis is an updated version of a post from 10/2/08. Please forgive my laziness. I am getting ready for a garage sale– one of the ways we scrounge up money to pay off debt. This is actually our first garage sale as a married couple. Cross your fingers!
I’ll write other posts on steps that help us get out of debt, but today, I’m gonna quickly introduce y’all to Dave Ramsey. He has written over 14 books about getting out of debt; we recommend The Total Money Makeover. He’s the host of The Dave Ramsey Show, which is on the radio and on Fox Business Network on TV.
Every radio show starts w/ him saying, “Debt is dumb. Cash is king. And the paid off home mortgage has taken the place of the BMW as the status symbol of choice.” Amen to that!
On his Radio Show and I guess on the TV show (I’ve never seen the TV show cause we don’t have cable . . . because we’re getting out of debt), Dave takes calls from people asking financial questions. Also, he gives opportunities for those who have recently become debt free to call in and give their “I’m Debt Free” yell. Here’s an example of that:
Jonathan and I are trying to “live like no one else [by not taking loans/using credit cards], so later, [we] can live like no one else [relaxed and debt free].” The only loans we had/have (except for the house) were/are college loans.
Before Abigail came along, we had paid off my first school loan of $15,000 in less than four months. As of today, we have paid off $28,000. I only have $2,700 left on my second school loan! Then, we have to work on Jonathan’s school loans.
So, we still have more to go, and it’s a slower process now that we have Abby, but we’re looking forward to the day where we can give our “Freedom Call” to Dave.
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July 4th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Yes. We LOVE Dave Ramsey. He saved our lives. We are also waiting for the day when we can call and scream, “We’re debt freeeeeeeeeee!” Thanks for stopping by my blog. I’ve been away for a while, but I’m back to blogging, so drop in again sometime.