This is optimal finance daily episode 1292 how we paid off a hundred twenty seven thousand dollars of debt in four years by Jen Hayes of Jen Hayes dot ME.

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How we paid off a hundred twenty seven thousand dollars of debt in four years by

Gen Hayes of Gen Hayes dot ME.

We're debt free we've officially paid off off $127,000 of debt, $17,000 in student loans and a $10,000 car loan.

And that's just how much we paid toward the principal. If you factor in how much we paid

toward interest as well, we actually paid more than 150K. After four years of

hard work, sacrifices, and extreme frugality, we are 100% debt-free and it's an incredible feeling.

If you're new around here and aren't familiar with our story, here's a little bit more about us,

starting with the most obvious question, how did we accumulate so much

dang debt?

The short answer is that we made some dumb choices with our student loans.

I have a master's degree from an expensive business school and my husband started college at a

for-profit private school he later transferred to a public university I used my

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