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โI am not going to tell you everything happens for a reason. It doesn't. But you can get through it. I did, and I am not especially strong. Ask your bank for a payment holiday, mine agreed straight away.โ
โI'm not ging to tell you everything happens for a reason. It doesn't. But you can get through it. I did, and I'm not especially strong. Try not to make big decisions on the worst days. I learned that the hard way.โ
โDear stranger, this time last year I was exactly where you are. It was minimum payments forever and I couldn't see past it. Today I went for a walk and didn't cry once. Things come back, slower than you'd like but they do. Hang on.โ
โYou are going to do the math in your head at 2am and it will make you feel sick. Do it anyway in the daylight, with a pencil. The adviser did not make me feel small. Bring the letters. All of them, even the ones you hid in the drawer. You did the thing that felt shameful and you can say it out loud now, and the saying is the start. It will not be fixed next week. It will be a plan. A plan has a date.โ