debt help

Have you ever felt like the weight of your student loan debt (or any other debt for that matter) was going to completely crush you? I have. I remember clearly sitting in the reserve section of the law library during my final semester of law school, opening up the website to view mine and my […]

Since we first started our journey paying off $650k of student loan debt, we’ve tried out dozens of different budgeting techniques, many of which were needlessly complicated. Budgeting can actually be extremely simple. From paying for everything in cash, to complex excel sheets, we’ve finally found the EASIEST BUDGETING METHOD ever that has worked amazingly […]

I created this Student Loan Planer review after getting lots of DM’s about whether a consult with the Student Loan Planner was worth the money, once we realized that we were going to save $200,000 on the student loan repayment plan that we chose. The short answer is that I think it’s worth it for […]

If you have six figures of debt, you’re in good company. The population of people who have six figures of student loan debt is exploding– more than 700,000 borrowers in the U.S. owe more than $200k, plus 2 million borrowers who owe between $100k and $200k. It sounds crazy in the abstract, when you AREN’T one […]

I’m going to say something controversial here. I think you shouldn’t use cash. Ever since Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover came out (if you haven’t read it, I fully recommend it as a great starting place) it seems like everyone these days is using cash. Dave recommends it as a tool to keep your spending in […]

When Danny and I were engaged, I remember hearing a lot of people (including in a marriage class that I took) talk about “being one” with your spouse. I’d heard this concept throughout my life and never given it much thought. How could I be “one” with someone else? Doesn’t the presence of someone else […]