New Steps Towards Freedom

I had my first meeting with the lawyer today. I was very nervous, although I had a good feeling about it. Yesterday evening, I got a nasty e-mail from one of two women at the difficult bank, accusing me of not having payed my company overdraft there as agreed. That is bullsh1it! I have! I also have an e-mail to prove it, because when I sign the agreement with them in April, she sent me a nasty e-mail telling me exactly how much I had to pay because of the interest rate. The e-mails show two totally different figures.

My lawyer couldn´t believe it. He is taking on the case and will start dealing with them immediately. As I have all e-mails, it´s obvious they are toying with me, but neither of us understand why. He will be talking to the bank manager of this branch and file a complaint to the "debtor´s ombudsman" within that branch.

He will file for a private Debt Management Plan through one of the banks.

I feel so much relief, I cannot really express it. I feel like I have someone there to take on part of the burden, so it is not as heavy and unbearable as it can be at times.

For two and a half long years, since I got out of depression and started getting out of debt, I´ve been dealing with creditors on a daily basis. Sometimes I feel fine, sometimes I feel very tired. It gets a bit old. Being out of debt is something I want really badly.

Some amazing healing has taken place as well in this difficult period of my life. I stopped comforting myself with spending money, eating unhealthy food and smoking cigarettes. Now it´s just not on the agenda. I cannot explain how it happened... just one day after years of therapy and twelve step meetings... the need for filling the empty hole inside was just gone.

For the job cuts, I´m taking on more work for the cinema. I have six meetings this weeks and the next. I made deals with two distribution agencies for DVD´s and I will do some work for them, as well as some light translation work. I think I have enough until Christmas, and I am working on a big contract with both city and state for my film projects.

So that´s it, just wanted to update. Having support and getting a professional to help is just amazing. I feel it´s like a milestone in my debt story.