07 May 2007

Consumer Debt


Ah! well a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the Albatross
About my neck was hung.

- Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I thought I would commemorate the retirement of all my consumer debt this week, with the exception of my car payment. I've been paying for the mistakes I made during college, when I didn't have the sense to treat credit properly.

I'm celebrating by going to Europe in September. But I'll be paying cash for it.

3 comments:

Danifesto said...

That's really great! Congratulations!

Anonymous said...

It's a great feeling - I killed my overdraft in March after nearly 10 years of abject poverty. Still got those student loans to go... and my car.

Anonymous said...

Good words.