Perspective

Amber: It's interesting how $1000 in credit card debt can seem so much more monumental when it's on my bill than when its on my boss's bill. At my job as bookkeeper and office manager, part of my duties are paying the bills. My boss has 4 or 5 credit cards as well, and her bills usually have $1000 - $2000 each month also. The big difference is I write a check for $1000 or $2000 almost every month, for each credit card. When I'm writing those checks, $1000 seems like nothing, like a normal $50 payment for me. I was thinking about it recently, if I was my boss, I could pay off all of this debt in about 4 or 5 months if I wanted to. That makes me feel a little helpless. I have to keep reminding myself that we're in way different stages of life. Someday I'll be on the other end of this debt and my perspective will be different, about spending, money and probably more.