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My 30th birthday is this Tues (Sept 8th). And I began to realize I didn’t want any*thing* for my birthday. I realized I have shopped enough, and gifted myself enough, and been blessed enough by others with thoughtful presents and material desires. I realized all I really wanted was to be free from the debt that has collected because of spending money; maybe more than I should. I thought, why get a $20 Best Buy gift card for my birthday? I have a Best Buy credit card that could use a $20 payment.

I started to wonder, what if I told people that I would rather have their support to work toward being debt free than a token or trinket? Would that be tacky? Of course, I don’t presume upon anyone giving me a gift of any sort in the first place, but each year I do get blessed with people who do give. So would it be wise, tacky, weird? What would it be if I shared this?

So like every good Facebook-er… I made a post to Facebook asking what everyone thinks. And I was surprised at the positive response. And even people saying, tell me what to do so I can help! Wow… I am not a starving kid in a 3rd world country, I just have this goal, and people care. NEAT! So I decided to post my thoughts here, along with a link to my PayPal fund if anyone wants to gift me part of a credit card payment for my birthday.

May we all strive to be the best stewards of our money.

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