Using financial guru Suze Orman’s strategies, Haley Woods paid off the debt in three years — and now encourages other women to live debt-free
“He asked her to do things that he never should have asked her to do,” she says. “So of course, someone irresponsible with money is going to say, ‘Claim bankruptcy.’ Of course they are…. It’s always better to do what’s right, versus what’s easy.”Woods, Orman says, decided to do what was right. She went to Debtors Anonymous meetings and studied Orman’s“Reading her book, I realized that I wasn’t alone,” Woods says.
Woods lived in hotels for which her work paid for about nine months of the years, and then used hotel points she accumulated to reignite her passion for international travel. It was a far cry from when she was with her ex, when Woods says she let her passport expire.Woods wrote down everything she bought. And when shopping, she followed Orman’s advice, asking herself if she wanted something — or really needed it. Almost every time, she opted to pay down debt instead of buying a new t-shirt.
. She celebrated her 40th birthday by traveling to all seven continents. Last year, she did it again, but added the Arctic Circle.Haley and travel companions spelling out Antarctica while camping on the continent in January 2019Woods doesn’t own a car or pay rent. She has more money in the bank than she ever had, and she says her FICO score, 839, is higher than it’s ever been.A longtime champion of financial independence, Orman praises Woods’ achievements.
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