I Can’t Stand You Anymore

Happy Friday! I hope you have had an awesome week. I’d like to share a little debt-busting love with you today from Kara, who blogs at karaelizabethperez.wordpress.com.

She is dedicated to paying off her student loans this year! Woo hoo! Cheer her on and enjoy her letter.

Dear Debt,

We need to talk. Our relationship…it’s coming to an end. Can’t you feel it? It was never good and now it’s just bad. Frankly, I can’t stand you anymore. I dream of getting rid of you. If I never saw you again, it would be too soon.

Does that sound harsh? I hope so. What you’ve done to my life has been pretty harsh- you limit me baby. At every turn. I can’t travel with friends because of you, or enjoy a romantic night on the town because of you. I’m stuck, trapped by you. I want to do more! I want to be free!

And your friends have got to go. Guilt and Resentment are bad house guests and you have them over all the time. It’s just been too much for too long. So this is it between us. Have a good life, because that’s exactly what I’m going to do.

So long sucker,

Kara

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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.

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