How long after you graduated college did you become debt free(or maybe you always have)? Did you decide to keep your student loans and invest the money in the market?

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8 yrs - that also included grad school bills and I was working nonprofit / lower wage jobs during that time.

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Been 9 years. Still working on it.

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7/8 years. I didn’t put any money into the market minus my 401k bc my interest was so high. I owed about $130k in debt and wanted it all gone.

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