http://thecompleteself.com Growing at the Speed of Failure Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:57:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thecompleteself.com/on-landing-dream-jobs-free-housing/ http://thecompleteself.com/on-landing-dream-jobs-free-housing/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:41:57 +0000 Matthew Peters http://thecompleteself.com/?p=2216 http://thecompleteself.com/on-landing-dream-jobs-free-housing/feed/ 0 http://thecompleteself.com/when-life-becomes-too-much/ http://thecompleteself.com/when-life-becomes-too-much/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:00:14 +0000 Matthew Peters http://thecompleteself.com.s110798.gridserver.com/?p=2207 As people gathered around the five round tables for dinner, they stood solemnly in complete silence. Many either bowing their heads or gazing out into the distance past those across from them. As the last person joined our table, everyone pulled their chairs out, sat down and began eating. About 30 people in the room were all eating in silence. No tension in the air, no ill feelings. As a matter of fact]]> http://thecompleteself.com/when-life-becomes-too-much/feed/ 0 http://thecompleteself.com/a-new-scarlet-letter/ http://thecompleteself.com/a-new-scarlet-letter/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:57:03 +0000 Matthew Peters http://thecompleteself.com.s110798.gridserver.com/?p=2192 http://thecompleteself.com/a-new-scarlet-letter/feed/ 0 http://thecompleteself.com/financial-denial-featured-in-creditcards-com/ http://thecompleteself.com/financial-denial-featured-in-creditcards-com/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 02:35:47 +0000 Matthew Peters http://thecompleteself.com.s110798.gridserver.com/?p=2145 http://thecompleteself.com/financial-denial-featured-in-creditcards-com/feed/ 0 http://thecompleteself.com/from-debt-to-living-life-on-your-own-terms-in-7-steps/ http://thecompleteself.com/from-debt-to-living-life-on-your-own-terms-in-7-steps/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:32:00 +0000 Matthew Peters http://thecompleteself.com.s110798.gridserver.com/?p=2119 [/caption] When Fiona and I started out, we weren’t just broke, we were less than broke. We were newlyweds with $38,000 in past-due credit card debt, personal loans and no job to speak of. Creditors were calling us multiple times a day demanding payment. That was our starting point. What we did have was drive and hope to get it together and get out of our situation as fast as possible. Below I have laid out the game plan that Fiona and I used to get out of debt, begin to live life on our terms. We didn’t have ]]> http://thecompleteself.com/from-debt-to-living-life-on-your-own-terms-in-7-steps/feed/ 1