16 min • Caleb & Mary Beth Lutz

You don't have to eat rice and beans for three years to get out of debt. Most debt advice is all shame and sacrifice. This episode shows how to pay it down and still have a life.

In this episode, Caleb and Mary Beth walk through how to pay down debt without killing your lifestyle, from the numbers to the one lever most people forget.

We cover:

→ Know your real numbers, and why seeing it all on one page kills the anxiety instead of feeding it

→ Pick a method that keeps you sane, snowball for motivation or avalanche for the math

→ The lever everyone forgets: growing your income instead of only cutting back

→ Why small wins beat a perfect plan you quit

→ How to reward yourself along the way without spending much at all

You can get out of debt without putting your whole life on pause.

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