I thought paying off my smallest card first was dumb until I watched my balances over 7 weeks
I had four cards sitting at $2,100 total and kept chasing the highest interest rate first, which meant nothing ever felt done and I kept slipping. Then I flipped it and knocked out the $180 card in one paycheck, and seeing a zero balance made me throw $60 extra at the next one without even thinking about it, so seven weeks in I'm down to $1,340. Did the small wins actually keep you going, or did the math folks turn out right that it's a waste?