One Phone Call Saved Me $40

Part of how I got in debt was avoidance.

I would get a bill, put it on a pile and ignore it. Eventually, I would get another one.

I paid my bills like a zombie, trying to pretend I wasn't spending money or that I had more than I did.

Well, today I made a phone call. I had a bill that I thought was a duplicate and I didn't want to pay a bill that wasn't mine (in the past...sad to say...I would have paid it just to not have to deal with making a call or sounding "cheap.")

It turns out the bill was a duplicate. I saved myself $40 by being conscious and investigating rather than laying around passively allowing life to have its way with me. I feel good about that.