Michael Donnelly
Sep 17, 2026
$84,000 in debt from a restaurant that lasted 19 months
Everyone thinks the restaurant closing is the hard part. It's not. The hard part is the 2 years after, when the sign is gone but the debt is still there every month. I owe $84k be…
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My restaurant lasted 19 months; its $84,000 debt lasted much longer. Working for someone else while repayments strain my marriage is exhausting, but I am trying to face what remains one month at a time.
There’s a comeback in this one. Debt snowball, smallest first. We're down to $71k. I track it on the fridge so we both see it go down instead of just fighting ab…
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