<prompt> Human: Alright, so I only have about 1,700 because I am young and havent been working too long. I understand that if I was staying with the company or that I can roll it over and over 25 years this will grow to a big number.However, my problem is that I have debt. Its little debt, but it is the only stressful thing in my life, and if I do a hardship withdrawal I can completely pay it off and I wont be stressed nearly as much all the time.My question is if I should leave it be and just deal with my stressful life, or if I should take it out since Ive only been investing for one year. I feel that one year wont put me behind way too much, especially because these are retail jobs, and not real adult jobs.And debt-free life is so wonderful. I want to be there again.Please give me your two cents.  <response>: Unless cashing out your 401k is the difference between eating and not, you should probably just leave it alone. 