Diana Farmen
I’m Debt Free: $201k Paid Off on a Teacher’s Salary
I truly can’t believe I have paid off this much debt. I’ve been on this journey for about 5 years and I truly thought it was going to be endless when I started. It turns out, I can do really hard things when I put…
$190k Paid Off in 5 Years on a Teacher’s Salary
This post may contain affiliate links. Check out my Disclosure Policy for more information. I am blown away that I am hitting my 5 year anniversary on this journey. In June 2014, I was in my first semester of graduate school and my father called me. He…
When Should You Take Out a Personal Loan?
When Should You Take Out a Personal Loan? You might be reading this article and thinking to yourself, “what’s the point of taking out a personal loan when I already have student loan debt to pay off?” This question isn’t entirely unfounded, as it goes…
$144,205 Paid Off in 4 Years on a Teacher’s Salary
This post may contain affiliate links. Check out my Disclosure Policy for more information. Wow. I can’t believe it has been 4 years on this journey and I really can’t believe I have paid off so much debt. When I graduated from grad school in August 2015,…
Should I Invest While Paying Off Debt?
This post may contain affiliate links. Check out my Disclosure Policy for more information. Whether or not you should invest while paying off debt is a hot topic in personal finance. There are many different ideas surrounding this topic. The short answer is that it depends on…
How to Accomplish Big Goals
This post may contain affiliate links. Check out my Disclosure Policy for more information. I am the first to admit that big goals can be scary. When you look at something all at once, it can be very intimidating. Like, paying off $201k in student loans. That…
The One Thing You Need to Do to Pay off Your Debt
This post may contain affiliate links. Check out my Disclosure Policy for more information. Paying off debt isn’t hard to do on paper. You increase your income and decrease your spending. Simple, right? On paper, yeah, it is easy. The problem is that it takes a ton…