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There’s so much uncertainty surrounding pregnancy. Will you have a boy or a girl? How will pregnancy impact your health? Will you be able to work while you are pregnant? When will that baby *actually* come? One thing should be certain though, and that’s how your student loans will be impacted if you are banking […]

When my husband and I graduated from dental school and law school (respectively), we sat down and assessed our finances, including all of the student loan debt that had accrued while we were in school. I knew we would graduate with a lot of debt but seeing the actual numbers paralyzed me with fear. How […]

A few weeks before I graduated from law school, someone in our financial aid office spoke to our class about choosing a student loan repayment plan. To be perfectly honest, I don’t recall what was said in that meeting. But I do recall exactly how I felt afterwards– completely lost, confused, and stressed out about my student […]

Imagine that you are entering a contract. Let’s say for purposes of this example, you are going to paint the interior of someone’s home. The contract basically says you, the painter, have to perform your end of the contract. You have to paint the house. You have to buy the paint. All that good stuff. […]

Are you paying off student loans? Do you ever feel totally alone when it comes to paying off debt? For me that is one of the hardest parts about our journey paying off $650k of student loan debt. Sometimes it feels like we are the only ones. But the truth is, there are plenty of […]

Sometimes people are surprised that we bought a house even though we have student loans. And that makes sense. Student loan debt can completely cripple your finances, including (maybe especially?) crushing your chances of buying a house. In fact, CNBC recently reported that 83% of people ages 22-35 with student loan debt who haven’t bought a […]

Have you ever imagined yourself as an 80 year old? I don’t think many of us sit around pondering what life will be like at 80. I am forever struck by an experience I had working as a law clerk to a judge right after law school. I was sitting in on a garnishment hearing. The […]

Do you ever feel totally alone when it comes to paying off debt? For me that is one of the hardest parts about our journey paying off $650k of student loan debt. Sometimes it feels like we are the only ones. But the truth is, there are plenty of people out there paying off six […]

This summer, Danny and I went to the lake for Danny’s family reunion. Danny grew up boating and I’ve been with Danny for a decade, ipso facto, we’re boaters. Who are too poor to own a boat. I’m fairly custom to boating in warm lakes and or oceans. I’ve never had to use a wet […]