Debt Free To Do List

Remember the countdown?  Oh what fun!

Well, I’ve finally compiled the list so I can keep track of it a little easier.

Here is my (Almost) 100 things to do when I’m debt free.  I’ll cross them out as we go.

• 100 – Jump up and down while smiling like an idiot
• 99 – Praise God for all his goodness to us (this will be continual)
• 98 – Call Dave Ramsey (we tried, but didn’t get through)
• 97 – Fund the emergencies
• 96 – Save up and take a paid for vacation
• 95 – Go out to eat and celebrate with thanksgiving
• 94 – Throw a “Credit Card Destruction” party
• 93 – Take 3 months to serve the Lord internationally
• 92 – Make a video of the moment we pay off our last debt
• 91 – Pay it Forward – Help others to become debt free
• 90 – Volunteer somewhere during the day on a weekday, every week
• 89 – Make a new vow to remain debt free and write out a new budget
• 88 – Choice to cut back on extra hours
• 87 – Having options
• 86 – Back to School (wow, this happened a lot sooner than we thought!)
• 85 – Exploring my passions (Pastor Nate?)
• 84 – Leave a legacy
• 83 – Gain Weight
• 82 – Buy a House
• 81 – Set up a Monument
• 80 – Buy a Christmas Tree
• 79 – No more debt free countdown posts
• 78 – Act my wage
• 77 – Pay cash for a second car
• 76 – Get someone to help clean the house
• 75 – Catch up on our favorite TV shows
• 74 – Play my guitar more
• 73 – Write up our will
• 72 – More family time
• 71 – Get Identity Theft Insurance
• 70 – Climb a mountain
• 69 – Come up with a new blog title
• 68 – Facilitate a Financial Peace University class
• 67 – Sponsor a Child
• 66 – Tip more generously (i took Chad Wright’s philosophy. Tip Big, or stay home)
• 65 – Get a new Bible
• 64 – Follow through
• 63 – Freeze the credit cards
• 62 – Give someone a Christmas
• 61 – Make Scott Team Jerseys
• 60 – Save for a house – with a house shaped piggy bank
• 59 – Go for a morning swim
• 58 – Randomly and anonymously pay for someone’s meal
• 57 – Run a marathon or just run
• 56 – Pay with cash for everything
• 55 – Open a Health Savings Account
• 54 – Buy some Tom’s shoes
• 53 – Start saving towards retirement
• 52 – Host my own blog (been there, done that. I actually went back to wordpress.com for now)
• 51 – Make it to Sunday meetings at church (stop working at Wegmans on Sunday)
• 50 – Live like no one else
• 49 – Loan money through kiva.org
• 48 – Wait for it
• 47 – Subscribe to some good magazines
• 46 – Get new glasses
• 45 – Build a house through Habitat for Humanity
• 44 – Take a friend to lunch
• 43 – Plant a garden
• 42 – Get a massage
• 41 – More kids?!?!
• 40 – Go green(er)
• 39 – Buy board games
• 38 – Get a new family portrait
• 37 – Learn how to dance (the snoopy dance)
• 36 – Get a hairstyle (this too is overrated!)
• 35 – Take the kids on daddy dates (we started, but life got crazy with the addition of Lily)
• 34 – Get wisdom
• 33 – Remember the fallen (9/11)
• 32 – Get the kids in some activities
• 31 – ????
• 30 – ????
• 29 – Invest
• 28 – Write a “How to”
• 27 – Invent Something
• 26 – Get away for a night
• 25 – Rent a Mommy Helper
• 24 – Quit Wegmans
• 23 – Dream big
• 22 – Start a business
• 21 – Pick a team
• 20 – Make a silly music video
• 19 – Operation Christmas Child
• 18 – Sleep soundly (I do, though sometimes I wonder why)
• 17 – Lead worship
• 16 – Drop the heavy burdens
• 15 – Create the “Attention to Details” disease
• 14 – Go to the dentist
• 13 – Mail you some cash
• 12 – Keep the change