In a society where debt is normal and saving is almost non-existant, when someone overcomes that programming, swims against the current and reaches a goal it should not only be celebrated it should be glorified!

I’m debt free! I have a huge financial safety net. My home will be paid off in a couple years. I’m building wealth. I didn’t learn these lessons until I was almost 40. If I had learned correctly, I’d already be wealthy. Now, I’m spreading the word.
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This is the perfect post. If you created debt well you SUPPOSE to pay it.

Celebrating debt that you did not create well maybe.

I think there are so many people in America that has debt it can be something to celebrate because you are in the minority.
Not too many of us are walking around debt free

I agree with you (and Chris Rock) at a superficial level, although I’m equally inclined to concur with some of your other readers who suggest that identifying your own shortcomings as a human and taking steps to rectify them is definitely an action worth celebrating.

That said, when it comes to celebrating things like paying off a 30 year mortgage, perhaps it’s not about closing the debt, so much as celebrating what that means to those who’ve paid of the debt – in terms of no more monthly payments, greater financial flexibility and so forth. In some ways, you celebrate scoring a new job, too – it’s about looking to the future, not the present.

And personally, I think all those things are definitely worth celebrating

Or maybe I’ve missed your point.

Rob
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