1. When you finally see how deep in debt you are:
Me looking at this student loan debt I have to start paying off
2. When you have to find a couple side hustles just to make ends meet:
Just trying to payoff my student loans
3. When you start to second-guess everything:
Student loans are going to kill me. God knows why I decided I wanted to learn things 😀
4. When you see the hypocrisy between you and the world:
The whole world in 217 trillion dollars in debt but y'all want me to pay back my student loans. How that work?
5. When you start to get really desperate:
Someone throw me off a cliff for science. My hypothesis is that if i die i won't have to pay these fucking student loans
6. When you have to deal with how petty FAFSA is:
FAFSA be like "i see your parents usually get two toppings on their pizza... you must not need any aid"
7. And when your new repayment makes you petty AF:
Paying the minimum balance on my student loans
8. When financial aid surprises you by picking up the phone:
When you on the phone with financial aid and they actually answer
9. When you actually miss college for the wrong reasons:
I miss college. Life was so much more fun when I was accumulating debt, versus paying it off.
10. When you have to jump through hoops before you actually pay the loan:
I mean, having student loans is stressful enough, but trying to sign in to that damn portal takes a few years off my life EVERY TIME.
11. When you develop airtight logic to postpone making payments:
You can't owe money to student loans if they never show you how to pay them
12. When your debt is in the way of your future:
me looking at another year of student loan debt and thinking about how screwed my future is
13. When you're willing to turn on your closest friends:
When Sallie Mae keeps calling ...
14. When you're ready to blackmail whoever it takes:
Pay for my tuition and I'll delete @McDonalds .
15. Finally, when you've hit rock bottom and you're willing to put yourself in harm's way:
When you hear GVSU will pay your tuition if you are harmed by a university owned vehicle