 of student loan debt that I could never really get out from underneath of because of my bad shopping habits,' she said. 'Today I'm debt free.' Christina described clothes shopping as her 'vice' and found she always convinced herself that every new item of clothing would make her wardrobe 'perfect'. Her first hard truth was that shopaholics don't know what 'enough' is 'Even if I found that perfect thing, inevitably something new would come along that was even better,' she said. 'And on and on the cycle went. 'I realised it was because I didn't have any version of what 'enough' was to me. 'I had zero gratitude for anything, so it just kept feeding this perpetual cycle of, 'I need to fill this gap and then I'm gonna be happy'.' Christina defined what was 'enough' for her by going on a shopping detox and began wearing the clothes she already had. 'If you do this, chances are you're gonna realise you have really good taste,' she said. 'You have a lot of good stuff and it's a lot of fun to start wearing it.' Christina continued that her 'constant pursuit of more' was actually making her feel worse - and her second hard truth is that shopaholics need to accept this. Her shopping addiction was making her more in debt, more stressed, more ove){kind=link}
A MINIMALIST who paid her way out of £95k debt has shared the three “hard truths” that pulled her out of being “broke”.
Christina Mychas was addicted to buying clothes, make-up and skincare for the temporary dopamine rush it provided.
However, when she realised she wasn’t getting out of her student debt, but actually getting deeper into it, she came to three realisations.
The TikTokker dubbed them her “three hard truths” that people in a similar situation to her need to hear.
“I used to be a full blown shopaholic and in $120k (£95.3K) of student loan debt that I could never really get out from underneath of because of my bad shopping habits,” she said.