Today marks my one year anniversary at Republic of Austin.  It’s been a great year, and I couldn’t have gotten this far without the support of you all.  I started last year with over $37,000 in credit card debt.  It’s been a tough year as we adjusted to student loan payments and an additional childcare bill, but somehow we managed to pay off $4656, even with those added expenses!

I decided it would be fun to create a word cloud of all my posts from last year to see what I focused on.  Obviously money, credit, and debt were huge!  I’m a little embarrassed that “clothes” was so prominent, but not surprised considering that’s my weakness.  I was happy to see family, kids, and husband well represented since that’s what this journey is all about.  It’s also about life and freedom.  I’m going to print this out to keep me focused this next year.

Word Cloud of my posts from Wordle.net

I’d also like to focus on topics that you would be interested in reading about. So let us know:

What are some financial topics you’d like me to write about?

What are some of your big financial questions?