What I Learned About Money During My Two-Year Shopping Ban

For one young woman, becoming debt free wasn’t enough to truly change her relationship to money. There was one more step she had to try.

On May 21, 2013, I made my final debt repayment. After two years of putting every extra penny I had toward the nearly $30,000 I had once owed, I was finally debt free. At the young age of 27, that should have been the beginning for me. The start of my strong financial future. A future where I would invest a portion of my income for retirement each month, save for travel, and actively budget and create the life I want. It could all happen now.