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Debt Is Not For Life #WSPD16

Last Updated: September 10, 2016 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 7 Comments

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This post is part of the World Suicide Prevention Day blog tour. If you or someone you know is feeling suicidal, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or visit www.Suicide.org.

My friend Melanie, who just released her book Dear Debt: A Story About Breaking Up With Debt, has organized a blog tour to help people realize that debt is NOT a death sentence and that hurting yourself over debt and money will not help anyone.

She has two blog posts regarding suicide and debt:

  • Please Seek Help
  • Don’t Kill Yourself Over Debt

Because of her posts, she receives a decent amount of search engine traffic from people using these search terms. Here’s what Melanie says about the subject:

It’s heartbreaking and I know we can do a better job of talking about this. I’ve received many emails from people who said my words helped them– others, I don’t know. All I know is that I want to help people as much as I can and spread the word.

 

Debt is not for life.

Whatever you are currently feeling and/or experiencing, I want you to know that debt is not for life, and it is definitely NOT a death sentence.

Debt can feel overwhelming. It can be tiring, stressful, sad, cause anger, and more.

You may feel stuck, as if you’ll never get out of debt.

However, I want to say that debt is not forever and you are not alone.

You will get out of this, and you will survive.

It won’t always be overwhelming, you won’t always be tired, you won’t always feel stressed about debt, and so on.

You will get through this.

If you are thinking about doing something drastic, please seek help. Debt is not worth taking your life or hurting yourself.

Trust me, you can move past this part of your life, and you can improve your financial situation.

As Melanie said in her blog post, “You are lovely, beautiful, and courageous.”

And, that is so very true.

Please read Yes, You Can Reach Financial Freedom to see what steps you can take to change your financial situation for the better.

 

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About Michelle Schroeder-Gardner

Michelle is the founder of Making Sense of Cents, a blog about personal finance and traveling. She discusses how her business has evolved in her side income series. She paid off $40,000 in student loans by the age of 24 mainly due to her freelancing side hustles. Click here to learn more about starting a blog!

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  1. Melanie @ Dear Debt says

    September 10, 2016 at 12:02 pm

    Thanks so much for participating! This is great! Debt is not for life and shouldn’t consume it!

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  2. Dividends Down Under says

    September 11, 2016 at 5:42 am

    Strong beautiful words, I hope that this message (and the suicide prevention blog tour) helps even one person to feel empowered and saves their life.

    Jasmin

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  3. Amanda-LivingFullyandFree says

    September 11, 2016 at 12:11 pm

    I’m so glad someone is talking about this difficult subject! So many people (including myself) realize too late how devastating debt can be, but sometimes don’t want to keep pushing through to overcome this struggle! Thanks for sharing and being in support of this Michelle!

    Amanda

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  4. Jen @ Saving with Spunk says

    September 11, 2016 at 3:28 pm

    Thank you so much for shedding light on this Melanie and Michelle. Debt can be overwhelming but all you need is a plan and some will power to start the healing process. Much love to everyone struggling with this.

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  5. Dannielle @ Odd Cents says

    September 12, 2016 at 7:07 am

    Good advice. Debt is not forever. Our society is wired to push debt as the way to achieve the things you need in life. I’m happy that so many bloggers are working to change that mindset. This is a powerful movement.

    Reply
  6. Lindsey says

    September 12, 2016 at 4:10 pm

    This is great advice and I wish more people would shed light on this issue.

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  7. DNN says

    August 2, 2018 at 4:44 pm

    Debt teaches anyone a lesson that day jobs are not for highly motivated entrepreneurs desire to go above and beyond achieving “side hustle millionaire” status and pay off personal debt. Accruing personal debt makes men out of boys by teaching them to be their own boss and show the world who has the true “business muscle for the muscle,” and who’s “doing the transformation side hustle millionaire work!” 🙂

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