Allow Myself to Introduce…Myself

American Debt Project is a personal blog that tracks my progress as I try to pay off all of my consumer debt and change my old ways and attitudes as I do it. I’m a 28 (almost 29) year-old woman (girl? young lady? Never liked the sound of any of those) and I’ve had some amount of consumer debt since I was 20. I finally got sick of it in June 2011, and started getting serious about paying off my debt. I started this blog with $38,000 in debt and you can keep track of my progress with my monthly debt updates here.

I write anonymously and some people have pointed out that it is slightly creepy that I don’t have a first name, nickname or some kind of initial that would identify me. Hmm, I guess that is kind of creepster. Whattayagonna do, right? I like to keep it vague.

I write about everything from basic ideas in managing your money, what it takes to get of debt, self-development, local government, small businesses, investing and anything to do with Los Angeles, my home since late 2009. And I go off-topic often to ponder my love for Cheetos Puffs, puppies and novelty candy like hamburger-shaped sour gummies. Mmm, novelty candy. Anyways, I don’t take myself very seriously. But I am serious about getting out of debt and not acting like money becomes flammable if it’s not immediately spent upon contact. I’ll be around here until I’m debt free excepting any SBA loans and mortgages!