Welcome to my May 2019 student loan 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: $2,191 Debt remaining:…
I’m a procrastinator. There. I’ve said it. So now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, where to start? I haven’t posted since September and haven’t done a Debt Progress roundup since August. So to cut things short, I’ll combine my September and October Debt Progress into this one post. I will also discuss where I’ve been putting my money since you’ll see that I’ve made less than stellar progress on paying my student loans. Lastly, I’ll discuss my…
Some say the first rule in personal finance is to pay off credit card debt fully every month. Well, I disagree. With a caveat, of course. I have one, and only one reason why I don’t fully pay off credit card debt every month. And I do it without incurring credit card debt with ghastly interest rates. Let me tell you my hack on how I do just that. First, let me start off by saying I absolutely hate accruing…