Paying Off Debt - 2023

That Girl Named Carol
3 min readFeb 13, 2023

The Pandemic Depleted me — now I need to fix it.

Is it the super woke if I say ‘I am with debt instead of I have debt’ ?!

Asking for a friend.

Actually, I am just asking for me because things have creeped up on me again.

Fuck.

I thought being back at my job in aviation would clear up my financial problems because I would be getting consistent income. I would be saving my 20% that would then be matched by my company and in January of 2023 I would be putting a down payment on a condo.

Boy was I wrong.

Things have changed at my job and that is not the case at all.

So, that was an unfortunate lie I told myself. A huge lie. More so a HUGE reality check.

Today I am staring down 2023 like a crazy woman trying to make everything okay and everything alright and the truth is I am drowning financially. I have been drowning financially for the majority of the pandemic and honestly — I need to step into my power.

I have set forth on a ridiculous agenda to pay off all my debt, around 40K worth, in 2 years.

CAN IT BE DONE?

Well — honestly, I want to believe it can be done, I want to believe that on my currently income I can make…

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That Girl Named Carol

Retired Barista and globe trottin’ English Teacher turned Architectural Technologist turned Flight Attendant out in the world trying to live the dream.