I revealed last week in “The Fear of Spending Once the Debt Is Gone” that my wife and I haven’t begun to wildly spend now that we have paid off all of our debt. It was a relief to know the discipline that drove us to pay off our mortgage early has continued to define our post-debt lives. We have no inclination to spend, spend, spend now that more money is available in our monthly budget
In all honestly though, we have loosened the reins on our spending a little bit.
We’ve brought back cable TV!
What? That’s blasphemy in the frugally-minded personal finance world. Cutting cable TV is always the first expenditure to go in those “10 Ways to Save Money and Pay Off Debt” posts. I’ve surely even said that before myself.
If cable TV is the first thing to cut, why can’t it be the first thing to bring back? Seems logical to me.
Needless to say everyone in the house is thrilled with this decision.