“Instead of a relationship with my credit card, I have a relationship with someone who loves me back…and never denies me.”
Is it possible that my relationship with food and my relationship with shopping were both results of yearning for a relationship with something (or someone) else? I take full responsibility for my credit card debt, but it’s no wonder it was accumulated during a time when I lived in a lifeless and horrible marriage, and used credit cards as a way to fill a home with something when I knew it could not be filled with love. Curtains and blinds, light fixtures and towel bars, towels and sheets and euro shams. At the time, they seemed so important – I had to fill that home, the home I built. But what I really wanted, needed, and yearned for was a relationship that would fill a home without things.
The 80 lbs I’ve lost have been solely because I (finally) developed a relationship with myself – a relationship that filled my home and made me ready to allow someone else to fill it as well. And now, I feel for the first time I can have a relationship without a credit card – with someone who loves me back…and never denies me.
About the Author: Marcy Twete
Marcy Twete is the Founder and CEO of Career Girl Network and the author of the book “You Know Everybody! A Career Girl’s Guide to Building a Network That Works.” At Career Girl Network, Marcy provides women with information, resources, and networking to empower them in their careers and to advance the work of women in business as a whole. Prior to launching Career Girl Network, Marcy worked in numerous nonprofit organizations and as a consultant in the field of nonprofit fundraising, marketing, and community relations. Marcy is a graduate of the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota, and a native of rural North Dakota. She is the Vice Chair of the Chicago Board of Directors for Step Up Women’s Network in Chicago and a member of the Advisory Board for Girls on the Run Twin Cities, and is dedicated to advancing the work of organizations that move the needle for women and girls worldwide.
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