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How I paid off my $40,000 in student loans

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The true story of how I paid off my student loans, and the tricks I used to make it happen more easily and quickly. … Read More

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What if your community isn’t supportive of your growth?

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If your family or people you love don’t want you to change or grow, you have to help them along, or find your chosen family. Last time, I talked about David, who was at a crossroads in his life: start … Read More … Read More

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My take on Dave Ramsey’s 7 Baby Steps (Part 2, Baby Steps 4-7)

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This post is part of a two-part series: My take on Dave Ramsey’s 7 Baby Steps (Part 1, Baby Steps 1-3b) My take on Dave Ramsey’s 7 Baby Steps (Part 2, Baby Steps 4-7) In my last post, I talked … Read More … Read More

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Lightning in the desert

Would I have done college differently if I had wanted to avoid debt?

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I’m annoyed when I think about debt. It’s a thing that I want to get away from, like a snoring person in the room, or a screaming baby on the plane. I want it gone. When I was in high school, … Read More … Read More

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You are no longer allowed to say you didn’t know your college degree wouldn’t pay off

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  College tuition in the US rises somewhere in the vicinity of 7% a year. Wage inflation rises between 1%-4%, depending on the source you consult and how good a year we’re having. This is clearly, mathematically unsustainable. You don’t … Read More … Read More

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How to do college wrong

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  There were parts of college that I did pretty stupidly. I mean, I guess everyone is stupid in college in some way, but I mean that I made some decisions (or rather, didn’t make some decisions) that I would … Read More … Read More

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A conversation about debt

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(My friend Saul of Hearts recently posted an article about his experiences with leveraging debt. As I thought it was an interesting take on a subject that I have some strong feelings about, we talked about me writing a response … Read More … Read More

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