I just made my last payment after graduating with over $200,000 of student loans. 🎉 Along the way I raised twin boys as a single mom, saved for retirement and my kids’ college education, married my dream partner, left the law to become an Accredited Financial Counselor, and am currently writing this blog post from my RV.

How did I do it? I took advantage of student loan repayment plans, 401k & 529 contributions, minimum payments, and focused on financial goals to break free of my law school debt. Read the blog for all the gritty details.

We talk a lot about student loans around here but we don’t always get to get into the more advanced and complicated topics related to them such as taxes. Well today we do! The fabulous Lauryn Williams joined me for almost an hour clearing up misconceptions and answering questions from real people (and not just lawyers!) struggling with student loans.

Summer, amirite? Man that was a doozy and I feel like I’m still recovering from the multiple life-changing events in both my personal and professional life. If you missed some of the updates, my twins graduated high school, we bought an RV, we sold our suburban house and are enjoying city apartment life, and my business reached a pretty big milestone (more on that later).

But between all these big events I’m so proud to say I’ve been able to continue helping my clients develop better money habits and start walking a path to the financial life they dream about. If you had a whirlwind of a summer like I did, you may have missed some of the posts I actually did get up on LinkedIn. Check them out below and see what folks are talking about in the comments.