This Banker Moonlighted As A Janitor To Pay Off Debt

From Banker To Janitor
A janitor sweeps the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange after trading ended December 31, 2009 in New York. Wall Street stocks slumped at the close of a turbulent year Thursday after positive jobs data sparked concerns that interest rates may rise sooner than anticipated. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 123.64 points (1.17 percent) to 10,424.87 at the market close. The blue-chip Dow gained 18.82 percent over the course of the year. The technology-rich Nasdaq composite fell 22.13 points (0.97 percent) to 2,269.15 and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index retreated 11.52 points (1.02 percent) to a preliminary close of 1,114.90. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
A janitor sweeps the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange after trading ended December 31, 2009 in New York. Wall Street stocks slumped at the close of a turbulent year Thursday after positive jobs data sparked concerns that interest rates may rise sooner than anticipated. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 123.64 points (1.17 percent) to 10,424.87 at the market close. The blue-chip Dow gained 18.82 percent over the course of the year. The technology-rich Nasdaq composite fell 22.13 points (0.97 percent) to 2,269.15 and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index retreated 11.52 points (1.02 percent) to a preliminary close of 1,114.90. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Celie Niehaus woke up one day with a spending hangover. She was in her late 20s at the time, and in deep, deep credit card debt -- $10,000. half her annual income. The hangover was especially brutal for her since she was, well? She was an officer at a bank.

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