The Delicate Art of Talking About Money

What helped one young woman when she was broke and felt stuck in her finances? Learning to open up about her money situation with other people.

At age 22, sitting in my childhood bedroom in my parents’ house, I couldn’t believe how broke I was. I had just returned from working abroad in Australia and managed to have zero dollars in my bank account and $9,000 of credit card debt. I could tell you I had no concept of how to track my spending and all that, but it wouldn’t be true.