Hard to believe!

One of the things that has been taking up my time and life is coordinating a Dave Ramsey, Financial Peace University class. We have spent, not only the last 13 weeks, BUT the last 39 of 53 weeks coordinating 3 of these classes. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE! Over these 3 classes with 43 "family units" involved, these amazing people have either paid down on debt OR saved over $150,000! These people have made the choice to quit wallowing in there own "woe is me" and DO SOMETHING! They have gotten intense and BUSTED IT! It is such a blessing to be a part of something meaningful in other people's lives.

They're out There

As we have been dreaming (and even scheming) about how to do more than wish for accomplishing our goal, we realize there are all kinds of people out there with "crazy" dreams, and a crazy determination to make their dreams come true.

Here is one guy who seems to get at the heart of what we are talking about: "No Credit Needed". He has clearly drunk the Dave Ramsey Kool-Aid, as we have, in his search for financial freedom!

The more we read through his posts about dreaming BIG, and then developing a "roadmap" to get there, we couldn't help but see the parallels between his figurative comments about finances and making dreams happen, and our literal plan to hit the road and live our dreams.

It is amazing how one person's focus and intensity to achieve a goal can inspire another person working to fulfill her own goal. Hopefully, we can be an inspiration to each other.

Bustin' it!!!

I have so many crazy thoughts in my head about this trip, that some times it overwhelms me. I had a serious "a-ha" moment this week. We are in our third round of teaching Financial Peace University at our Church. This last week (week 4) is all about Dumping Debt. It is a fantastic lesson where Dave Ramsey gets all fired up with intense "Gazelle" energy about getting out of debt. It is so motivating and inspiring and you want to go out and conquer the world after that. My problem is that we came into the whole Total Money Makeover thing with very little debt. In our last class, we focused our energy and excitement on building our 3 to 6 months of expenses emergency fund (baby step 3). After watching the video again this week, I had a sense of "What do I do with this excitement?" Well, duh! We go after this DREAM (more than a wish!!!) with serious gazelle like intensity! We bust it! We go crazy! We do what it takes!!!