493: Melanie Lockert, Creator of Dear Debt Blog
So Money with Farnoosh Torabi
Farnoosh Torabi
4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2016
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Many of the questions I get for Ask Farnoosh are about student loans and student loan debt. It's a problem that's plaguing our country and with the rise of inflation, looks like it might get worse before it gets better. Today's guest has an incredible story of her own where she got out of $81,000 in student loan debt - both undergrad and graduate loans. Her story was, in fact, named one of the top five most inspiring personal finance stories of 2015 by Yahoo! Finance. She chronicled her journey on her award-winning blog Dear Debt and now inspires readers to break up with their own debt in a pretty fun way... by writing their own breakup letter to debt and sharing it on her website. Melanie also turned her story into a book, Dear Debt: A Story about Breaking Up with Debt. Melanie frequently contributes to news outlets and publications including Business Insider, The Huffington Post, Oprah and more. When she's not running her blog, she works as a freelance writer and event planner. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.
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| 0:00.0 | So Money Lockhart, creator of the Dear Debt blog. |
| 0:05.8 | You're listening to So Money, |
| 0:09.4 | with award-winning Money Guru Farno Shkorabi. |
| 0:12.1 | Each day, get a 30 minute dose of financial |
| 0:14.8 | inspiration from the world's top business minds, authors, influencers, and from |
| 0:19.5 | Farnusel. Looking for ways to save on gas or double your double coupons? |
| 0:25.0 | Sorry, you're in the wrong place. |
| 0:27.0 | Seeking profound ways to live a richer, happier life. |
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