I spent 20 years and nearly $100,000 paying off my student loans. I'm done just in time for my youngest to start college.

• 03/19/2026, 12:06 AM
• businessinsider.com

Courtesy of Trisha Daab.

The year was 2006. Pluto had just been downgraded to a dwarf planet. I was obsessed with my Motorola Pebl flip phone and iPod. It was also the year I started paying down my student loan balance after completing my MBA.