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Under Armour is an athletic clothing company that created this commercial. This commercial made me think about how this connects to so many aspects of life. This of course connects to working out, but there are many others from eating to finances. I have always struggled with eating too much, since I was a kid. It is a constant battle. Look at the tag line from this article. It states, "You are sum of all of your training." This is so true, when it comes to anything in life.
A little over two years ago, my wife and I got married. Since that time, we have been working hard on paying off debts and setting ourselves up on a solid financial footing. When we got married, I remember asking my wife if she was ok with us paying extra on our debts to get rid of them. She was fine with it. We were excited to find out last month that we were officially debt free. I feel that our debt freedom came to us, because we have worked as a team and make our decisions about money together. This is the best way to make financial decisions in a marriage.
Recently, I have been hearing lots of talk about student loans in politics. I have just got out from under my student loans, and I don't believe that anyone should ever default on their student loans. I used teacher loan forgiveness to help me pay off my student debt, but was all of this really necessary? Are student loans the only way to get through college?
This is my 20th post on Summit of Coin. I can’t believe that there has already been 20 posts in two months. Therefore, I decided to write an article celebrating 20 posts, by discussing 20 smart money decisions that we can all make. Some of these I may have mentioned in earlier articles, but not all. For people struggling with money, this affects you daily, because you are wondering if you will be able to pay all of the bills. Stop worrying and start changing your life. Use these 20 strategies to start.
Teacher loan forgiveness is a program that has been implemented by the Federal Government that forgives either $5,000 or $17,500, depending on the subject that you teach. Since I taught math, my forgiveness was $17,500. This is only one of the requirements of this program and I will detail how you can utilize this program as a way to get some of your student loans forgiven.
