Scary to Sparkly: Karyn Bosnak

I have a good friend who knows pop culture like a fat kid knows cake.  She has the ability to update you on the latest gossip news in a way that makes you feel like by not knowing this information, you are at some kind of Darwinian disadvantage and thankfully, she is here to save you.  My friend is on a first name basis with most celebrities.  She never judges.  All sad news is shared with heartfelt grief.  Happy news brings joyous laughter and excitable hand gestures.  Scandals are spoken of just above a whisper.  I would imagine her leaving the dog park some evenings on her way home to Skype with Brangelina or to get dinner with Jennifer Aniston.

On one of our dog walks, she referenced a woman named Karyn Bosnak.  “Oh, like that woman who racked up thousands of dollars in designer-label credit card debt and then had a website where people could donate to help her,” she says, most likely using her worldly knowledge to aid me in some financial pickle I must have been in at the time.  WHO??  WHAT???!!  If you have not heard of this, you need to.

Karyn is one smart tart!  Her brilliant website led to enough income/donations to pay off her debt.  Ultimately, Karyn published a few books and one of them became a major motion picture!  Although you may not be able to capitalize on your troubles using her methods…there is certainly a way out of any financial complication.  FYI:  Karyn later gave back the equivalent amount of money she received from her debt donations website to charity.  LOVE IT!