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Suze: August 18th, 2024. Welcome everybody to the Women and Money

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Suze: smart enough to listen. All right, August 18th, you know

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Suze: what that means? Yesterday was August 17th, which happens to

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Suze: and Colo because I know you listen to the podcast.

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Suze: You are now 45 years of age.

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Suze: You were right around 35 when we first met you.

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Suze: We've all come such a long way, haven't we? My friend?

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Suze: So happy, happy, happy birthday to you yesterday. We know

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Suze: will be waiting at the airport, open arms to say,

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Suze: welcome home, we love you and missed you, Colo. All right,

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Suze: today's podcast is all about Suze School.

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Suze: So get out your notebooks because the topic of today

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Suze: is let go.

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Suze: Just two words. Let go. Can you do me a

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Suze: Sit with that for a second.

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Suze: All right.

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Suze: the other day, KT and I were cleaning out our

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Suze: and for me, it's very easy to let go. If

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Suze: But as KT was going through things, she was looking

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Suze: and it's so hard at times to just let things

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Suze: of not the most productive relationship that you may be in.

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Suze: You know, things aren't working out for you. They're not

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Suze: and it's not just clothes or relationships. It's also money.

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Suze: How many of you have $10,000 of credit card debt,

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Suze: And yet you have $15,000 in a savings account maybe

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Suze: And yet you refuse to let go of that money

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Suze: You also refuse to let stocks go. Investments go. How

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Suze: It's also what happens with stocks that you have purchased.

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Suze: You know, many, many years ago, it was May 10th,

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