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April 2020 Financial Progress: A New Strategy

April 2020 Financial Progress: A New Strategy

Welcome to my April 2020 debt progress! If you are new here, every month, I post the progress I’ve made on paying off my student loans. I’ve done this since I first started paying down my loans in July 2017 and it has been so worth it. I do this to hold myself accountable and to share my debt progress with others who are also facing debt payments of their own. Debt paid this month: $880.77 Debt remaining: $52,737.52 I…

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March 2020 Debt Progress & Net Worth: A Series of Unfortunate Bad Timing

March 2020 Debt Progress & Net Worth: A Series of Unfortunate Bad Timing

Welcome to my March 2020 debt progress! If you are new here, every month, I post the progress I’ve made on paying off my student loans. I’ve done this since I first started paying down my loans in July 2017 and it has been so worth it. I do this to hold myself accountable and to share my debt progress with others who are also facing debt payments of their own. Debt paid this month: $880.77 Debt remaining: $53,528.43 I…

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February 2020 Debt Progress: Say Hello to First Republic

February 2020 Debt Progress: Say Hello to First Republic

Welcome to my February 2020 debt progress! If you are new here, every month, I post the progress I’ve made on paying off my student loans. I’ve done this since I first started paying down my loans in July 2017 and it has been so worth it. I do this to hold myself accountable and to share my debt progress with others who are also facing debt payments of their own. Debt paid this month: $133.65 Debt remaining: $54,317.53 I…

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Refinancing Student Loan with First Republic Bank

Refinancing Student Loan with First Republic Bank

I officially completed the first of my 2020 resolution, I refinanced my student loans! I know when I was considering first Republic Bank, I kept searching for information on how to refinance student loan with First Republic so I figured I’d recap my journey of the refinancing process. Looking back, this has been a 2.5-year goal in the making. I first mentioned my desire to refinance with First Republic way back in October of 2017 aka since my second debt…

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January 2020 Debt Progress: Say Bye Bye Bye to Nelnet

January 2020 Debt Progress: Say Bye Bye Bye to Nelnet

Welcome to my January 2020 debt progress! If you are new here, every month, I post the progress I’ve made on paying off my student loans. I’ve done this since I first started paying down my loans in July 2017 and it has been so worth it. I do this to hold myself accountable and to share my debt progress with others who are also facing debt payments of their own. Debt paid this month: $133.65 Debt remaining: $54,432.44 I…

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December 2019 Debt Progress: When Debt Payoff Becomes an Addiction

December 2019 Debt Progress: When Debt Payoff Becomes an Addiction

Welcome to my December 2019 debt progress! If you are new here, every month, I post the progress I’ve made on paying off my student loans. I’ve done this since I first started paying down my loans in July 2017 and it has been so worth it. I do this to hold myself accountable and to share my debt progress with others who are also facing debt payments of their own. Debt paid this month: $5,734.79 Debt remaining: $54,368.16 I…

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November 2019 Debt Progress: $3,333 Paid

November 2019 Debt Progress: $3,333 Paid

Welcome to my November 2019 debt progress! If you are new here, every month, I post the progress I’ve made on paying off my student loans. I’ve done this since I first started paying down my loans in July 2017 and it has been so worth it. I do this to hold myself accountable and to share my debt progress with others who are also facing debt payments of their own. Debt paid this month: $3,333.65 Debt remaining: $59,933.07 I…

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October 2019 Debt Progress: $4,633 Paid

October 2019 Debt Progress: $4,633 Paid

Welcome to my October 2019 debt progress! If you are new here, every month, I post the progress I’ve made on paying off my student loans. I’ve done this since I first started paying down my loans in July 2017 and it has been so worth it. I do this to hold myself accountable and to share my debt progress with others who are also facing debt payments of their own. I house every month’s debt progress from the very…

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I Have $0 Net Worth and Proud of It

I Have $0 Net Worth and Proud of It

Drumroll please… As of Oct 17, 2019 I currently have a whopping net worth of ZERO dollars! And if you thought I’d be depressed over it, well you’re wrong. I’m damn proud of my $0 net worth! I guess a backstory is needed here. Why am I happy with my $0 net worth? Because for the first time since I became an adult, I have positive net worth.  I started undergrad at 18 by borrowing the first of many student…

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September 2019 Debt Progress & Net Worth: Getting Aggressive

September 2019 Debt Progress & Net Worth: Getting Aggressive

Welcome to my September 2019 debt progress! If you are new here, every month, I post the progress I’ve made on paying off my student loans. I’ve done this since I first started paying down my loans in July 2017 and it has been so worth it. I do this to hold myself accountable and to share my debt progress with others who are also facing debt payments of their own. Debt paid this month: $2,633.65 Debt remaining: $67,469.81 I…

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