Ben Powers
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167 appearances
3 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2022
last heard 20 Dec
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do monthly expenses, and just sort of playing catch-up all the time.
So when the pandemic broke out and we couldn't meet in person with our groups, we just had to take ownership on our own and build that support system in other ways.
So we took advantage of things like student loan pausing to really get aggressive about paying that back, and it worked out.
Yeah, that helps.
I think the hardest part was seeing the end from the beginning, right, as you're chipping away at those student loans.
And we're so conditioned to think of student loans as this thing that just lives with you forever, right?
So just getting in the mindset that this has an end date and that we could get these things out of our life, that was the biggest challenge.
Mm-hmm.
yep yeah way to go how's it feel to be free feels great it feels great it's freed us up to you know pursue other things um we're going to be transitioning into a new job for me in a new location oh wow and we're able to do that without you know this thing hanging over us yeah amen this thing that's what we call student loans this thing it's a big thing yeah big thing yeah i like it who are your biggest cheerleaders
I don't think there's a magic bullet.
I think it's just an intentionality.
You know, for everybody, there's that thing in your life that's preventing you from being financially responsible.
Maybe it's eating out or maybe it's student loans.
What was yours?
I think it was vacation.
There we go.
But now you can afford to.
That's right.
So it's just being intentional, making a commitment, and sticking to it.
It feels amazing.
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