Our Financial Journey for Peace

I entered a contest to win a Financial Makeover for 1 year. I was informed last Thursday that I was not selected as one of the finalists. I was very discouraged, because I knew this would be an answer to many many prayers. "Oh well" I thought to myself. "I can do this with the help of my husband. I can find Financial Peace without the help of professionals." And that is exactly what I'm going to do. I decided to still blog about our journey. So, feel free to join us along the road of ups and downs, successes and failures, good days and bad.

Day 1: Recognizing the Problem:

• No Employment!
  
• Debt to Income
• 4 Credit Cards
• Time Share
• Home Equity Line
• No emergency funds

Solution:

• Find Employment
• Make and use a Budget
• Sell Time Share!
• Get rid of 1 credit card at a time.
• Change bad habits
• Put money into savings every month
• Plan and prepare for Future.
• Help someone else in need
• Teach Children how to manage money.

I know this is a big list and may take years to check everything off. I am committing myself to work on this list everyday. My goal is to have financial peace, to teach my children to be wise with their own money and to save for a rainy day.