Debt Free (except Car and House) hits different for sure! What did it for me was realizing that I was paying more for the interest than what I was borrowing in the long run, realizing that I was paying the bank to borrow my own money because if I wasn't in debt I could just spend my money without interest on top, and finally realizing that I couldn't even name or show what I was spending the debt on so I obviously didn't need to borrow to buy "it" whatever it was? Get angry, get so angry that you do something about it... take a look at how much your House cost, and then do the math in dollars (stop looking at percentages that look favorable). You are paying for your house at least three times over even with a super low interest rate. Now do some more math... see what a difference a few hundred dollars towards principle on that house does to your 30 year interest balance and how many years it shaves off that "Debt Sentence of Bondage". Ever heard of "Scared Money"? That's when you are using money needed for expenses to invest. Don't Do It! Investing, no matter how good you are at it, is never a sure thing and if you throw scared money at it, you risk losing what you need to survive. If you think you are broke, look again, how much do we waste without even considering the reality of Want vs Need? Do I need Starbucks? It's just $5... now take a good honest look at your spending line by line for the last year, how many just $5 did you throw away on how many trivial wants? Amazon, McDonalds, Starbucks, Google Games, all easily hundreds if not thousands of dollars each. If you are honest, these are obviously wants not needs, and that's ok as long as you are aware of it and do it on purpose, but don't complain that you are broke or wonder where you're money is when you can't afford your needs. Money has a mind of its own and if you don't tell it what to do on purpose, it will find somewhere to go on it's own.