From the monthly archives:

December 2007

Going out on a high note (so long 2007)

by debt kid on December 31, 2007

If you’re looking for some wrap-up-the-year post with links to what happened this year, sorry, I find those kind of boring. That’s what archives are for.
I will say this:
It’s been a crazy year
good news
The good news is that I’m still here, and still fighting. My business had a pretty good December, I haven’t run all [...]

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Waiting for life to begin

by debt kid on December 28, 2007

The past few months, heck even the past few years, I’ve been waiting for my life to begin. When I was trading, life was going to begin when I had made enough money to quit. When I stopped trading (and manned up to my mistakes), my life was going to begin once my business was [...]

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7 Things I’m Thankful For

by debt kid on December 23, 2007

I’m exhausted from my social schedule this Christmas season. Whenever I visit my family, it’s always fun, but never a real vacation by any means. I’ve gotten through 2 social events, but still have 7 more before Thursday. At least I can’t complain about being lonely!
7 Things I’m Thankful For:

My brother – One of my [...]

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what I did 2007-12-22

by debt kid on December 22, 2007

coming down from a rockstar sugar high #
Reading up on twitter #
Contemplating how art in all forms influences our lives. How does it move me? Is good business art? #
Thinking its way too early to be getting up for a saturday! #

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Feeling good about what you do

by debt kid on December 20, 2007

Every Wednesday my father and I have a morning meeting to catch up. It’s mostly a business meeting, but there are no set rules on that.
One thing that came out in our discussion is that I sometimes have difficulty working on certain projects within my business. And I was trying to figure out why. My [...]

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working late feels good

by debt kid on December 19, 2007

It’s 2:23am and I’m still working. Sweet.
It feels good when I’m getting lots done!
Pride
One thing I’ve been noticing lately is that doing little “life things” keeps me going. Just basic stuff like:

my laundry
vacuuming my apartment
cleaning the bathroom so it could pass a white-glove inspection
grocery shopping

I kid you not, I never used to do those things. [...]

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$176 Parking Ticket…and I am a moron

by debt kid on December 18, 2007

Today was not a good day financially.It also wasn’t the best day for my cold feet.
The $176 Ticket Story
Once a week I volunteer for a few hours in downtown Seattle. I’ve been doing it since the summer, and I really enjoy giving a little back. Most of my day is spent stewing over my own [...]

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Thanks For Kicking My Butt and Inspiring Me

by debt kid on December 12, 2007

As the end of this crazy year draws closer, I can’t express how much help alot of finance/personal development bloggers have been to me. I subscribe to an insane number of feeds, but I wanted to say a special thanks to a few blogs that I read often:
My Thank You List

Blogging Away Debt -Tricia’s blunt [...]

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Ditching My Ride – Can I Survive Without A Car?

by debt kid on December 11, 2007

I have a Scion Xb that is about 2 and 1/2 years old. The car has about 43,000 miles on it.I want to get rid of it.
Helpful DK readers like Jim from mydebtblog.com have been telling me for ages on this blog to ditch the car, and I’ve resisted. But I’m thinking of doing it [...]

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How I Deal With Debt All The Time

by debt kid on December 11, 2007

This was a guest post I had written for a finance blog that never got picked up.

For most of my short adult life, I was obsessed with financial success. I wanted the big house, the nice car, the fat bank account. Everything. In 2006 I had all that…and the $300,000+ in debt from day trading [...]

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