You guys, I did it. I paid off my student loans this week. That’s it”I’m officially out of student debt, something I’ve dreamt about since I graduated in 2011. I was lucky; I didn’t have to take out a student loan until after my third year, but debt is still debt and in this age, in the industry I’ve chosen to work in, saving money and repaying debt at the same time aren’t easy. But as of Wednesday, April 20 at 1:16 p.m., my student debt is officially GONE. To celebrate, here are 29 things I’m going to do with my money now that I don’t have debt repayment to worry about.
- Go shopping
- Contribute more to my monthly investments
- (Maybe) drop an extra chunk on my mortgage
- Go out for a nice dinner
- Save for a the just because trip I’ve never been on
- Go shopping
- Pay off my credit card
- Start that emergency fund everyone says you should have
- Save that money every month, but in cash
- Keep cash under my mattress like a mob boss
- When I save up enough money, make it rain
- Revel in the fact that I have a little bit more money in my bank account every month
- Buy a pricey bottle of wine and drink it by myself in one night
- Put it towards retirement
- Save for another house
- Buy the fancy cheese
- (Probably) put an extra chunk on my mortgage
- Pay my phone bill that I went over this month
- Upgrade to premium cable
- Go for a massage
- Get a mani-pedi
- (Most likely) drop an extra chunk on my mortgage
- Put money aside for the taxes I’ll have to pay next year #freelancelife
- Buy a really fancy coffee from Starbucks and immediately regret it because a double espresso with no sugar is the only thing I like
- Put that money towards my future childrens’ school funds
- Renovate my bathroom
- Buy new sheets”fancy 500-thread count ones
- Offer to get the bill at dinner (the whole thing)
- Who am I kidding? I’m going shopping
