I’m sure there are all kinds of analogies out there but I wanted to offer those who have never really endured crippling debt a perspective on what it’s like. As one who is working to escape such debt, I was thinking today of an often overlooked aspect of it: it is physically exhausting.
The best way I can relate the experience is this: take some rope, a few free weights and a buddy to a pool with a significant deep end. Tie those weights all over yourself. Go nuts. Have fun. Make up new knots. Maybe even let your buddy help because hey, that’s what friends are for. Next, jump in. You’re going to sink. You’re going to struggle. But you’re going to try and untangle yourself from those weights. Have people yell at you from outside the pool. “Start with the little weights!” “No, work on the largest weight first!” “You tied those weights to yourself, dumbass. Drown!” When you get rid of one weight, have your buddy jump in and tie two more to your ankle.
Imagine how exhausting this would be. If you can’t imagine, go do it and you’ll start to have an understanding of how debt can feel. Once you’re in the water, once you’re drowning, why your there doesn’t really matter anymore. You just want out. But as in situations like drowning, panic causes us to further our mistakes. Is there a way to beat it? There must be, but sometimes advice is just noise from the sideline that is difficult to comprehend as we’re struggling to stay afloat. But hang in there. Stay calm. Keep untying.
Submitted January 01, 2018 at 09:30PM by Throwaway63701-573 http://ift.tt/2Cn9hOx
