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Dear Debt,
You are my noisy neighbor upstairs who blasts his terrible metal at 4am.
You are the gum on my shoe.
You are the spinach in my teeth.
You are those last 5 lbs.
You are that zit on my nose.
You are Monday morning.
You are the black veil over my thoughts.
You are the stranger sitting a little too close.
You are the smell of rotting food.
You are the scars on my body.
You are the passive-aggressive co-worker.
You are the dust bunnies hiding in the closet.
You are the rats among trash.
You are prejudice.
You are Santa Claus.
You are a sinking ship.
You are the breakup that still hurts.
-M
Melanie Lockert is the founder of the blog and author of the book, Dear Debt. Through her blog, she chronicled her journey out of $81,000 in student loan debt. She is also the co-founder of the Lola Retreat, which helps bold women face their fears, own their dreams and figure out a plan to be in control of their finances. She is passionate about empowering women, helping others get out of debt, and focuses on the intersection of debt and mental health. Every September she organizes a Suicide Prevention Awareness Blog Tour, to help share resources for those struggling with debt and suicide. In addition to her love of personal finance, art and music, she is also a karaoke master and a cat mom to Miles and Thelonious.
Latest posts by Melanie (see all)
- Talking About Money and Mental Health - September 12, 2022
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4 comments
Looks like all the many faces that debt has are some kind of something that is hard to get rid of, ignore or get out of. But just like a sinking ship that debt is, you either sink with it or you survive. Let us all aim for survival then – yes! 🙂
Debt is a nuisance! I’m trying to tread water and get to dry land 🙂
Faces of debts will lead us to troubles that is why we have to be familiar of them.
Yep! We need to know the many different faces and phases of debt.