How I paid off nearly $70,000 in debt in 2 years
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In 2013, when I was laid off from the small New Hampshire newspaper where I worked, I did what any other functional unemployed person would do: I decided I should move — to a city I couldn’t afford, without any savings!
We’ve all heard that famous New York City motto — you know, “The city so nice they named it twice†— but allow me to propose an updated version: They named it twice because everything here costs double.
Back when I first moved to New York, my thrilling life as a 28-year-old college-educated person in the modern era meant I also brought along tons of student debt.
“How did I get here?†I pondered, while I attempted to sleep on a couch that wasn’t mine.
Well, it all started when I decided I would go to college. Ah, yes — it started when I decided to educate myself.
How I ended up with debt
A few years after I graduated from high school, I was still living at home, paying rent to my parents payday loans in Bedfordshire and working third shift at a gas station in a rural Tennessee community.
I decided I wanted a change. Read more
