My Credit Avenger Origin Story
I wasn’t always the Credit Avenger. In fact, my whole philosophy was born the day I realized I wasn’t working for myself anymore—I was working as a slave for a credit card company. Back in my days in the US Navy, one of my first credit cards was a MasterCard. I used it for everything and thought I was being “responsible” because I kept my spending under $1,000 a month and paid it off. Every time I did that, the company rewarded me with a higher credit limit. $2K… $5K… $7,500… eventually $10,000. I was 25. I wasn’t taught about money. I trusted the system. And like most people do, I fell into the trap. Slowly, little by little, I maxed out that $10,000 limit. And for the first time ever, I stopped and looked at the finance charges. $600. In one month. Just in interest. That’s when the truth hit me like a lightning bolt: I wasn’t paying off debt. I wasn’t building anything. I was working for them. My paycheck wasn’t mine anymore—it belonged to MasterCard. That Day I Realized I Was a Slave to the Credit Companies. That was the moment everything changed. That’s the moment The Credit Avenger was born. Because the game is rigged. Because nobody is teaching us this stuff. Because if you don’t control your money, someone else will—and they will happily keep you on the hamster wheel for decades. I share this because so many of you are living this exact story right now. And I’m here to help you break the chains faster than I did. If any part of this hit home, drop a comment. Tell me where you are in your journey. We’re going to get out of this together. Credit Avenger Out.