Have you ever felt overwhelmed by your debt? I know I have. When my husband and I were about to graduate from dental school and law school respectively, I took the first look at our mountain of student loan debt and felt like falling right out of my chair. Our balance was well over $500,000 […]
WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY STUDENT LOANS RIGHT NOW?
We are living in unprecedented times. The United States government suspended all federal student loan payments and all interest charges until December 31, 2020. In addition, collections and garnishments on student loan debt in default is halted. So you may be wondering, what on earth should I do with my student loans right now? Here […]
IS IT WORTH BEING FRUGAL?
When we started paying off $650,000 of student loan debt, I was bound and determined that we were going to live as frugally as possible. At the time, I was making $50,000 a year as a judicial law clerk and my husband was finishing up his last year of dental school. It became clear pretty […]
COVID RECESSION-PROOF JOBS
These are crazy times we’re living in economically speaking. Economic activity is predicted to decrease by 7% this year, leaving millions of people jobless and creating conditions worse than the World War II recession, which is why you may be wondering what the best covid recession proof jobs are. That’s not to say that these […]
JULY’S 10 THINGS
Another month has come and gone so it’s time for another edition of our monthly 10 things. I missed June’s 10 things. I didn’t have 10 things to say! I was buried in new born twin life aka feeding babies and changing diapers 24/7. July was a little different and we were able to venture […]
THE BEST CASHBACK APPS
When my husband and I started our journey paying off $650,000 in student loan debt, we dove in looking for all of the best cashback apps we could find on our hunt to save money so we could pay off debt. We noticed that one of the easiest places to blow our budget was at […]
HOW TO MEAL PLAN ON A BUDGET
Trying to figure out how to meal plan on a budget? When my husband and I started out paying off 6 figures of debt and learning how to budget, we quickly realized that one of the easiest ways to blow money was on food. We’ve spent the last few years refining the way we meal […]