Welcome to my Lendtable review. This post is a partnership with Lendtable. All opinions are my own.

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Why?

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$40,000.

That was the total amount of student loans I accumulated while earning my undergraduate and graduate degrees. Today, $38,000 remains unpaid, largely because I haven’t consistently focused on repayment and interest has continued to accrue. I did stop borrowing for the final semesters and paid out of pocket, which kept the total from growing even higher.

It’s a substantial amount of student loan debt, but I don’t feel entirely regretful because I earned two undergraduate degrees and an MBA in Finance for that cost. Without scholarships and some out-of-pocket payments, the total could have been two to four times larger.

Since February 2012 I’ve been actively following a plan to eliminate these loans as quickly as possible. Lately it’s become almost an obsession: I constantly review cash flow and budgets to find ways to accelerate repayment. My efforts to generate extra income have been a primary focus.

Fortunately, I graduated and secured a good job in 2010, which allowed me to begin chipping away at the debt. Many people warned that finding a job would be difficult, but I did find work and that made a difference.

Now that I’ve completed graduate school, I’m committed to aggressively paying down the remaining balance. I’ve made some payments here and there, but not enough to make a visible dent yet.

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