We finally paid off our Student Loans.
Even though I don't quite know exact details for every week that we were scrimping and saving, I do know this, the stars and the heavens aligned and we are officially out of debt. (Still have house and 1 car debt, but those don't count in unnecessary debt) I wish I could say that I had a life changing experience going through these last couple of months, but I really didn't. All I can say is we were prepared(food storage and a menu plan), we had a goal (get out of debt), and then we tried and tried and tried. I say tried three times because I know one week we went out to eat three times to crappy fast food places because we had no food in the house and it was one of those weeks. Needless to say we survived and learned that we can stick to a goal, we can fail and then try again, and we sometimes come out on top.
We actually were able to pay off the loan a little quicker than we thought because we got a refund from taxes. Thank Heavens because I don't know how long I really could have survived on so little. I'm not as talented as my mom or sister in making something out of nothing. I am definitely not as good with money as I would like to be and it was good to see that even I can pay off something early, if I make up my mind and stick to it.
Even though I don't quite know exact details for every week that we were scrimping and saving, I do know this, the stars and the heavens aligned and we are officially out of debt. (Still have house and 1 car debt, but those don't count in unnecessary debt) I wish I could say that I had a life changing experience going through these last couple of months, but I really didn't. All I can say is we were prepared(food storage and a menu plan), we had a goal (get out of debt), and then we tried and tried and tried. I say tried three times because I know one week we went out to eat three times to crappy fast food places because we had no food in the house and it was one of those weeks. Needless to say we survived and learned that we can stick to a goal, we can fail and then try again, and we sometimes come out on top.
We actually were able to pay off the loan a little quicker than we thought because we got a refund from taxes. Thank Heavens because I don't know how long I really could have survived on so little. I'm not as talented as my mom or sister in making something out of nothing. I am definitely not as good with money as I would like to be and it was good to see that even I can pay off something early, if I make up my mind and stick to it.
