A Blog is Born

Today is the first day of the rest of this blog.

Hello. I am the Worthless Blogger; rather, I want to be. Why Worthless? As a (relatively) recent college graduate and even more (relatively) recent grad school dropout, I find myself at the foot of Mount Debt with a wealth of lenders knocking on my account's door. What kind of debt are we talking about? I'll get more specific later—I still have to calculate, what with my wife and I having separate accounts and student loans—but let's just say my family won't be the only folks to miss me when I'm gone.

The solution? Get out of debt, and blog about it while I'm at it. My ambition, no matter how long it takes, is to become Worthless. As a Worthless Blogger, I will have a net worth of $0.00, but I will be debt free. I will no longer quake at the mailman's steps or imagine listlessly what it might be like to keep my whole paycheck for myself (minus the power, cable, and cellphone companies). I will be free of the ball and chain, divorced from Mrs. Plastic; I will look at 6-month low-interest rates and laugh. Please, join me. As I worm my way up from the bottom, I'll do my best to offer tidbits of advice and support to those in the same—or, God forbid, worse—shape that I'm in. I'm not promising financial advice to make you rich, but I'll guarantee you company in misery. Besides, whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger; and whatever doesn't charge interest is probably a teaser.