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I get such a boost from her shows that you wouldn’t think it’s a financial show. Her advice sortof has a way of motivating me to change certain things about my life. I always come away from her shows feeling good and sortof “newly armed” to deal with our finances better.

Her advice (some of it anyway) is universal and can be applied to so many other aspects of life. IE, I watched one show the other day where a woman couldn’t seem to save anything even tho she makes a good living. After some drilling down, it was discovered that the woman spends a lot of money on things she doesn’t really need or use. The reason she did it I think was because she didn’t feel very good about herself. In the same way some people use food to feel good and end up overweight, this woman was trying to buy her way to happiness. One of the things Suze asked her to do was get rid of ALL the clothes she didn’t fit into, donate them, and use it as a tax deduction. She was keeping most of them because she was hoping to fit into them again if she lost weight. Suze said that everytime you look at clothes you don’t fit into, you are reminded of what you want to become (thin) and reminded of how much you don’t like yourself the way you are today. You hang onto the bad feelings of the present and the past, instead of moving on to and building your future. This woman was constantly getting herself into credit card debt and even if she’d pay it off, she’d create more debt again.. and again…

Anyways, that hit home, not with money but with the fact that I have about 7 boxes of my old clothes that I dont’ fit into. I put it in boxes because my closet was overflowing and I still have about 80% of the clothes in my closet don’t fit me either. I could probably fill up another 5 boxes of clothes that don’t fit me. I think it’s time to toss ALL of it.. Dam! How liberating would that be!!! Even if I lost weight down the road, it would be more fun to buy more clothes considering most of what i’m still hanging on to is from back in my college days. I wouldn’t have to think about all those clothes, I wouldn’t accidentally grab and put on a shirt that showed off my spare tire (and i do that all the time!) It always depresses me. I think i’m gonna start today dammit!

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