Staying Motivated to Pay off Debt

If you’ve ever had some kind of debt, you know staying motivated to pay it off can be incredibly hard. Whether it’s a small balance you wish would just disappear on it’s own, or a huge balance that causes you stress, it can be easier to avoid it than stay upbeat about paying it off. It can also make you want to just put your head in the sand (which is a mistake). Debt is a downer, but you can stay motivated to pay it off. I had my student loan debt hanging over my head for the first four years out of college. I was (and still am) a low income earner, and paying off my debt while juggling the finances of adulthood was really difficult at times. Occasionally, it felt like debt would always be a part of my life. Making minimum payments meant there was very little […]