Sometimes the odds feel to be against us.  This was the case with Melanie Lockert.  She had $81,000 in student loans and wanted to get rid of them pretty fast.  From the outside looking in with her income at the time and her daily expenses, it didn’t seem possible.     Melanie decided enough was enough and shared her bold declaration publicly.  She shares all the details in this episode!   What you'll learn about in today's episode:   She shares the moment she realized the importance of money and how it followed with selling her parents CDs  What exactly happened when she signed up for a Mint.com account to figure out how much debt she had Her bold declaration which given her current income made it unrealistic What Goldilocks has to do with her biggest challenge as an entrepreneur   For the complete set of show notes for this episode go to http://www.jenhemphill.com/109   Be sure to continue to join us in more money conversations in our FREE community over here: http://www.jenhemphill.com/community    Enjoy this episode and want more?  Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/her-money-matters-money-talk/id1006403754    By you doing that will help us reach more women like you.  It’s easy, here is how:  http://jenhemphill.com/how-to-subscribe-and-leave-a-review-on-itunes/    The post appeared HMM 109: The One Bold Declaration That Changed It All With Melanie Lockert first on the Her Money Matters Podcast.