I'm pretty fortunate in that financial aid and scholarships helped me through a Bachelors and Masters program with relatively little debt compared to my peers. But that being said, I lived in an obscenely expensive city for grad school and quickly found myself up to my ears in credit card debt that was piling on just to pay for food and transportation costs.
I grew up fairly poor, so seeing myself in any kind of debt feels like automatic failure.
I've paid off 1 $1,000 loan since graduated, and have closed 3 of my 4 credit cards in the last 3 years. So it's progress I have to remind myself of, even if it doesn't always feel like I've made any progress at all.
I am determined to pay off my major sources of debt (currently car and student loans are tops of that list) by the time that I'm 30.
It feels pretty impossible right now, given I'm unemployed and have been for almost a month now. But. Hopefully something will come through soon.
I grew up fairly poor, so seeing myself in any kind of debt feels like automatic failure.
I've paid off 1 $1,000 loan since graduated, and have closed 3 of my 4 credit cards in the last 3 years. So it's progress I have to remind myself of, even if it doesn't always feel like I've made any progress at all.
I am determined to pay off my major sources of debt (currently car and student loans are tops of that list) by the time that I'm 30.
It feels pretty impossible right now, given I'm unemployed and have been for almost a month now. But. Hopefully something will come through soon.