After dipping into her savings to contribute $1,000 towards her debt right of the bat, Bowling calculated how much she would owe each month in order to be debt free in 90 days. It came out to roughly $2,400 a month, or $600 a week.
Next, Bowling zeroed in on her goal. “I did $8,000 in 90 days and that was literally the only thing I thought about,” she says. “I didn’t have any work goals; I wasn’t super focused on losing weight or any other type of initiative; it was just this single mindedness on paying off debt.
“And I definitely think, when it comes to paying off large amounts of debt, that’s what it takes: You have to really focus in and not allow yourself to get distracted or discouraged.”
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