Hope's Debt Update - November, 2025

We are there guys! We and by we, I mean I hit $10,000 in my high interest savings account this past month. Woot, woot! So now it's time to turn my eye to my remaining debt – time to pay off those student loans. Finally!

This is the balance as of today.

And today, I scheduled an extra $400 payment. That was my overage last month after all my regularly budgeted items plus hitting my $10K goal in savings.

I will continue to put $130 into my various investment accounts and savings accounts every week. This is broken down as: $50 into high interest savings and $80 into investment accounts. Those are on auto-draft.

All monies outside of my regularly budgeted items will then be poured into my student loan debt. Looking at the past few months, that should end up being a minimum $2,000 per month to my student loans. As I'm writing this, I realize that I have not shared my updated budget. I'll get that shared in the next week or so.

Work continues to go well. Most of my work for the past 6 months has come from 3 main client and a handful of small projects. I'm currently working on applications for a number of other small clients/projects. And have two smaller projects to complete this month in addition to my ongoing work from my 3 primary clients.

I'm enjoying a very nice work/life balance for the first time in a really long time. In the past it has always seemed I had too much or too little work. Now I am enjoying staying busy and earning a good living, but having the time and capacity for a life. In addition to ongoing caretaking for my mom and supporting my dad, I've found a church I love, joined a couple of women's Bible studies, and signed up for a number of free classes at the local library. This week I'm going to a book making class.

Life is good.

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