This Is The Reason You Haven't Gotten Out Of Debt

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🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:00.0	Brought to you by the Every Dollar app. Start budgeting for free today.
0:06.6	My husband and I recently had a baby. The last few years I've worked as a travel nurse.
0:11.6	And because we just had the baby, I took a position as a staff making three times less than I was making before.
0:19.6	So we're just trying to figure out how to pay off 150,000 without me going back to traveling.
0:25.2	What are you making his staff?
0:28.8	I make about 80K a year.
0:31.1	What does he make?
0:32.5	He makes 82.
0:34.5	82.
0:35.4	So we have 162.
0:42.5	And you were making bank as a travel nurse, but that's not a good idea with a brand new baby. I agree. Right. So we decided to come back home, but it's taken a huge
0:49.1	hit on us financially because I'm so, I don't want to say I'm used to the money, but you know,
0:53.7	but you're used to the money.
0:55.2	Yeah.
0:56.1	Yeah.
0:56.6	That's okay.
0:57.2	That's a normal thing.
0:58.2	I mean, 240 versus 80s, different.
1:00.4	That's okay to say, yeah.
1:02.0	Yeah, for sure.
1:02.9	Big difference.
1:03.9	Yep.
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