Reached November debt goal, quick news bites
November 27th, 2013 at 06:36 amAS's student loan payment hit, with $133 going to principal.
That takes debt progress to $910 for the month, just over the $900 goal.
I was hoping to use what little surplus we had this month for a snowflake toward one of the student loans, but lots of minor purchases ate it up. Winter gear for the kids, new litter box for the cat, batteries, bike stuff, etc., etc. I didn't even bother keeping track of specifics. I've got about $75 of surplus left, so if we haven't spent it by Nov. 30, it's going to student loan debt (it will count toward December debt progress).
I've had a crazy productive November, so I haven't been blogging m (uch. I'm 3000 words away from finishing a NaNoWriMo novel! I've never even gotten close to this before, so it's kind of astounding. I've been writing for at least two hours a night, every day this month.
We've also been doing DietBet (me and AS). I'm a little over 50% of the weight loss required halfway through, she's at a little less than 50%. If we can survive Thanksgiving weekend without gaining, I think we can make it.
Despite not getting to pay down much debt in November, I'm kind of feeling invincible right now! I know that feeling can either be dangerous or extremely helpful in accomplishing things in life. But I'm not feeling lucky -- just feeling that I'm capable of hard work and being reliable about sticking to something I set my mind to. For a while it only seemed to work for certain things, like budgeting and not eating out, but now it feels like I can just set myself to a task and it'll get done.
I want to preserve this feeling of confidence, because I have to write my annual self-assessment at work next month and I really want to talk myself up. I've worked harder and more strategically at work this past year than I ever have before.