2081: Why I’m Grateful For My Student Loan Debt by Jen Hayes

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🗓️ 29 October 2022

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Jen Hayes talks about why she's grateful for her student loan debt Episode 2081: Why I’m Grateful For My Student Loan Debt by Jen Hayes A few years ago, Jen and her husband were buried in $117,000 of student loan debt. Now, they've paid off over $100k of debt, and they're on track to have the rest paid off by the end of this year. Join their email list to get exclusive tips on how to save money, earn more, and live like no one else. The original post is located here: https://www.jenhayes.me//why-im-grateful-for-my-student-loan-debt/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalFinanceDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Finance Daily, Episode 2081.
0:04.4	Why I'm grateful for my student loan debt by Jen Hays of Jen Hays.me, and I'm your
0:10.4	host and personal finance enthusiast, Diana Mariam.
0:14.3	This is the show where I serenade you with the sweet sounds of personal finance knowledge
0:19.0	from some of the best blogs on the planet, with the author's permission of course, and
0:23.8	we have a bunch of shows covering different topics.
0:26.6	Search for Optimal Living Daily to find all of them.
0:30.2	But for now, let's get right to it and continue optimizing your life.
0:38.7	Why I'm grateful for my student loan debt by Jen Hays of Jen Hays.me.
0:45.8	This blog is about destroying debt by living below your means, so it probably seems strange
0:50.6	that I would say that I'm grateful for my student loan debt.
0:53.8	Obviously, there's a huge part of me that is not happy about my student loans.
0:59.0	But here's why I'm grateful for my student loan debt.
1:02.3	If I didn't have debt, my life would be drastically different.
1:06.4	My husband and I would own a home instead of living with my parents.
1:10.5	We would have had a couple of pugs.
1:12.5	We wouldn't be driving 15-year-old cars that are falling apart, and we would be thinking
1:16.9	about starting a family.
1:19.0	I used to wish that I could go back in time to nine years ago when I signed that first
1:23.8	application for student loans.
1:26.1	I wouldn't sign at this time, but at some point I realized I can allow regret to haunt
1:31.4	me for the next several years, or I can look at things with a new perspective.
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