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Take the first step toward your future
Thu, 02/19/2009 - 02:05 | by AliceoneA portion of the burden that accompanies the actual debt of student loans is the helpless feeling that can come with being overwhelmed by repayment issues, paperwork, new information. There can also be guilt over carrying such a load either by yourself or into a relationship. There is no need to belittle yourself or feel unhappy about choices you made in the past. It is time to embrace the future and to begin to move forward.
Today is the day you can begin to take charge of the rest of your financial life. Your student loans are an excellent place to start.
My Story, Part One
Thu, 01/29/2009 - 00:49 | by AliceoneI have over $65,000 in student loan debt. It didn't start out at that amount, but built gradually over the years. I don't think about it daily, but I never forget it is there.
Throughout my time in public school, I was aimed toward college. I worked as hard as possible to achieve, to add extra curricular activities to my list, to prepare myself in every way I could to head to college. In my senior year, just before graduation, my mother came to me and told me there was no money to send me to college. I was angry. I felt cheated. I always knew we were poor, but there had never been a conversation about this, not during any of the time prior, not during all that work I was putting toward success. I insisted I was going to school, I didn't care how, but I would find a way.
