Just had a life changing win:

Yesterday I sold an NFT for about $6k and about half of my $DEGEN for $3700 and I’m now officially able to pay off all my debt 🥹🙏

writer, content creator, decentralization enthusiast • links: thumbsup.me • find me in: /thumbsup 



…and consolidated all my high interest credit card debt into a personal loan. That loan was still at a pretty high rate, cause I had bad credit, so in the pandemic I refinanced for a much lower (floating) floating rate and also took a bit more to create an emergency fund and to help family. As interest rates rose…

…I found myself wanting to get this thing paid off as fast as possible. But we were in the bear market still and I was dealing with other hurdles that ate up my money (I wrote about them in the November and December issues of my newsletter). 

To top it off, I got the TIA airdrop but was so broke I rushed to sell…

…earning under $1k from what would later be worth nearly $20k 😪

When DEGEN happened, I decided I would hold out and that my goal this time around was to pay off this debt. 

The roller coaster of it all made me so nervous that I decided to list my Farcaster OG to help ensure I would do it this time…

…and so, last night my OG sold for 1.98 ETH (didn’t realize Opensea takes such a huge cut though hfs!) and I sold about half my DEGEN. At like 2 in the morning I carefully swapped and bridged and sent to exchange and sold and withdrew to my bank. Only then could I sleep easily, knowing this was finally it 🙏

I grew up poor and paid my own way through university (with the help of student loans). Moving cities twice and just overall being bad with money back then, I racked up a lot of credit card debt. Eventually it became insurmountable and when I hit 30 I decided to figure it out. I learned to budget, got a better job…

Incredible and Congratulations, I know that feeling all too well!

Make sure you do something to celebrate the milestone...a little treat with some loved ones was my go-to 💟

family dude & toucher of grass 🌄
learning to build. elevate others. enjoyoor of OG FC moments./purple 🟣#127. base64.tech 
 

Thanks! Yeah I cleared $9700 but my debt is only $8k so I’m going to put about $1k on my savings, put $400 to some things I need, and use the rest to celebrate 🎉

Startup artist seeking inspiration.  Champion of /bcard, core contributor at /banklessdao

Thank you! Random people on the internet definitely mean a lot to me, especially when they say things like this. I appreciate it 💚

Hey congrats friend!  This is a HUGE milestone!

It likely doesn’t mean a lot from a random internet person but I’m proud of you 👏

Founder /frameboard + /launchcaster / CSX / YC

Thanks! It’s growing! Might be above $0 in a year 😂

Congrats buddy! 👏
Now keep your networth growing 📈

building /ufo · studio at /apollo · play /higher ↑ 🛸

Partnerships for PoolTogether, Silly Songs for Wassies

/mantej | Cryptography Engineering at Cash App

1000 $DEGEN 

Congrats, this is a huge accomplishment 🙌

casting futuristic spells ✵☽ | published writer + game dev. | MangAnime channel: /manga-anime | https://futurafae.com/

onchain alfa ⬖ born to 🎩 $degen ⬖ CCDao x TurtleDAO

Futurist Keynote Speaker and Advisor. Build on degen. Check out my channel /fomo

Thanks so much for that, such an inspiring message 💚🙏🥹

This is so cool to see! Congratulations, @thumbsup.eth!!! Today is the first day of your new debt-free life! Plus, you have all the financial lessons that you learned along the way. Huge accomplishment!

dev + founder | /herocast | /degen-steaks | /cent

going for value, design as a hypersub → bento.me/mxd ↑ author /onchainer

Welcome to the debt free world, thumbs up!

interested in design, photography, art, web3, and philosophy https://nf.td/pedro

awesome @thumbsup.eth! congrats!

3700 $DEGEN

Horseback archer, metalsmith, outdoor adventure seeker, music lover, part of the CC Crew 

That's exciting and such a good feeling!! Congratulations on the win!

Growing veggies for the fine folks of Southeastern Massachusetts, w/ a focus on nutrient quality. Always interested in the evolution of digital payments.  🎩 

For sure this is yours 👑.

Congrats on the newfound stability.

680 $Degen.