No matter how much they earn, they spend two times of their income and then they are not left with anything as most of their salary goes in paying debts.” This is how a foreign CEO looks at Filipino workers in his company when it comes to managing their own finances. He said that he stopped their operations in …
After 18 months of paying off our non-mortgage debts, we are now down to one(1) out of seven (7) debts. Praise and glory be to our wonderful God who provides us with everything we need and who gives us the wisdom and the discipline to get out of debt. Our Progress We are now at 86% of paying off our …
It’s April, yey! I am so excited to share with you how much is left with our debt after almost 17 months of struggle in paying it off . The journey was not an easy one, but it’s all worth it. And now we are almost done! Soon, by God’s grace. We are now 80% in paying off our debt. …
Being in debt is very common in most Filipino families today. It becomes so normal in the Philippines that some are even buried up to their eyeballs just to keep up with their friends, co-workers, and whatever is trending on social media. They already lost the hope of getting out of debt in the future. I remember the time when …
I am so happy to share to you that after 16 months, we are currently in 75% to paying off our debts. We have a total of P1,065,000 amount of debt to pay including the interest since we started our journey to debt-freedom. It is so amazing how God is working with our family! He is with us all throughout …
I am so excited to share with you our progress as our family takes this journey to debt-freedom. It is now 7 months since we made that decision to eliminate our debt completely. So we had a total of PHP 1,065,000 non-mortgage debt which we acquired last year from a series of bad decisions. I can’t believe that I did …
”Why do you need to get out of debt? Debt can be a driving force for you to work harder. It is not forever…why are you punishing yourself?These are the questions that ordinary people throw at us as we started our journey on getting out of debt early this year. But at the end of this post I will tell …
Being in debt is normal in the Philippines. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) released the National Baseline Survey on Financial Inclusion (NBSFI)1 in 2015 which is the first national survey of Filipino adults who are actual and potential users of financial products and services. It stated that almost 5 of 10 adults (47.1%) have debt, 33.8 percent borrowed in the past …
