Pay off all your debt

“I paid off $40k of undergrad student loans, $25k of credit card debt, and $130k of business school debt. The second the last of the debt was paid off I felt a huge exhale that if I got kid off tomorrow I wouldn’t be drowning and could take my time to find the next thing. I put the money I allocated toward monthly debt payments to investment and I’m currently mid 40s with about $1.75m net worth without real estate. I left the job I was working 60 hour weeks with great pay once the debt was paid off and got a job where I clocked out at 5pm on the dot. My quality of life instantly got better when I worked less and didn’t have to panic about high monthly debt payments in case the economy turned.”

“I think hands down the best thing for me about it has been being able to not feel the pressure that I felt from having debt. I know not everyone feels this pressure but for some reason it was one that I always carried around and it felt like I had a monkey on my back that I couldn’t shake off. It felt like someone was standing on my chest when I laid down at night. Just being able to eliminate that pressure and the resulting peace that came from not having to owe money to anyone has been amazing.”