Hit $5k on my smallest debt and it broke my brain a bit

I've been chipping away at a $8,500 store card balance for like 18 months, throwing everything extra at it. Last week I finally got it down to $3,500 and somehow that $5k milestone felt bigger than paying off my car loan last year. The interest rate on this thing is 24% so every dollar feels like it's fighting a war lol. I think it hit different because this card was from a dumb furniture purchase I made when I was 22 and it's been haunting me forever. Anyone else get weirdly emotional about a specific balance number even when bigger debts are still hanging around?

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jason_kelly85d ago

Man that $5k marker hits different for sure. I had the same thing with a stupid Best Buy card from when I was 20, paying it down felt way more satisfying than my truck loan even though the truck was twice as much.

the_jason4d ago

@jason_kelly8 totally get that. Small wins just feel way heavier than the big stuff when you're chipping away at it.