<prompt> Human: Hi. I only ever lurk, but Ive created a throwaway account for this post anyway. Here goes:I graduated from undergrad in 2002 with a B.S. in Animal Science. I applied to veterinary school but didnt get in, so I worked as a vet tech for a year, then applied again. I didnt get in. I then went to grad school for two years and graduated in 2005 with a M.S. During my last year at grad school, I again applied to veterinary school and was accepted. I graduated in 2009 and have been working as a small animal veterinarian ever since.My undergrad was paid for by my parents. Everything else was paid for through student loans. I graduated veterinary school with about 280,000 in total student loan debt. I started my job as a vet with a salary of 70,000 and started paying off my loans as aggressively as I could as soon as my grace period ended. My base salary has gone up each year since then and after my first year on the job I also began receiving a percentage of my gross production on top of my base. My highest-grossing year I made about 125,000. Im currently putting 2100month towards my student loans.My employer matches my contribution to my 401k to 4, so thats what I contribute. This past year I started a Roth IRA I made just under the limit to be able to contribute, which I plan to continue to contribute the maximum to, though I may have to backdoor it if I make more than the limit. My emergency fund is just about to where it needs to be, and when it is Ill take the money I contribute to it each month and either put it towards my loans or put it into my IRA. Ive also got some money in an HSA and some in checking.I just calculated my Assets vs. Debt, and Im about 6000 in the black, which doesnt sound like much, but considering that I started at -280,000 seven years ago Im pretty proud of it. While I was in grad school I lived in a tiny studio apartment for 400month and ate A1 steak sauce sandwiches because I could barely afford food. During vet school I would get a lump of cash deposited in my checking account when my student loan cleared, and by the end of the semester Id be running on fumes until the next loan surplus was deposited.Im not posting this to brag, but no one in my life would really care if I were to tell them, so I thought Id share it here. I currently live fairly comfortably no more A1 sandwiches, and Im able to pursue a couple of hobbies, but that load of student debt is always hanging there, and Im finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. At the rate Im going, I should have it all paid off four years from now.tl;dr - Was worth -280K seven years ago, now worth 6K.Thanks for reading!  <response>: YAAAYYY!!! Congratulations!!! P.S. Nothing wrong about bragging about this. 