Nicole Lapin
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So I grew up in a family that didn't talk about money.
But when they did, it was huge.
just cash.
I never learned what a mortgage was.
I never understood the concept of debt.
And so I felt a lot of shame and I felt a lot of overwhelm because it was such a huge number.
But I broke it down by the day, like not even by the month or the year.
I broke it down to seven dollars a day.
And for me, it just felt more manageable.
It was like I could do seven dollars a day that I can tackle.
And I did.
And it took me two years to
I got out of credit card debt.
I never turned back.
I did the same thing actually with my taxes.
One day I thought I'm going to sit down and do all my taxes on a Saturday like I blocked it out.
And what ended up happening was all of my receipts were all over the floor.
I didn't do anything but probably drink wine and eat Haagen-Dazs.
Then I changed my methodology and I said, okay, one day all I'm going to do is uncrinkle my receipts.
That's it.