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Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger

Should I Pay Down Debt as Much as Possible?

Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger

Audacy

Education, Investing, Business, Self-improvement

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Now that I'm in my mid 30s, should I be laser focused on paying off my student loan debt?

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Jill on Money Show.

0:05.4

It is Sunday, March 12th.

0:07.5

And officially, this is the last day of my vacation.

0:09.8

So I will be looking forward to filling you in on just what the adventures led to.

0:15.8

Anyway, this is a program about you, about your financial questions.

0:19.8

If you have one, just go to JillOnMoney.com, click the contact us button.

0:24.5

Let us know if you'd like to come on the air.

0:26.3

It's very easy to do while you're on the website.

0:29.4

Why don't you buy?

0:30.4

My book, it's called The Great Money Reset.

0:33.7

And it is a framework for you to help think about change in your life and how money can

0:39.9

help you achieve that change.

0:42.4

So check it out.

0:43.4

Okay.

0:44.4

Today, we are talking to Matt, who's on the line from Tennessee.

0:47.9

I've been struggling this for a while and I'm one of those fools that went to college

0:53.7

at the time of my life, but when I got out of school, I racked up a lot of student

0:57.8

stuff and got a low-paying job and I've been struggling with this ever since then.

1:03.0

But I feel pretty good from a savings standpoint, and my question is, if I should be paying

1:08.0

down that debt as much as possible now that I'm in my mid-30s.

1:12.8

Okay.

1:13.8

So you're in your mid-30s, so I got that much.

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