<prompt> Human: Original Post hereHeres my one year update for yall! Please see my original post for budget and loan details. Im excited to say Ill be making the final payment on the private student loan Navient with the highest interest rate TODAY! I DONT HAVE THE WORDS TO DESCRIBE MY EXCITEMENT In fact, Im so close to crying happy tears! while writing this... The principal amount in 2008 was 7,350.00. At 8.5 interest it ballooned to just under 9000 last year despite having made payments since 2012. At the recommendation of you fine Redditors, I started the avalanche method to all my private loans last year. This method allowed me to make more than double the minimum payment on the Navient loan. The last three months Ive put more than 4x the payment towards it plus my tax refund. Literally--every penny I could! And with the help of my super-super supportive partner, were paying it off entirely TODAY!!! Additionally, my partner and I decided to move out of our expensive apartment and move in with SOs parents to REALLY tackle my private student loan debt. Our goal is to pay off the remainder of my private loans in the next two years, which will be roughly 60k. Its a lofty goal, but were motivated!! We will essentially live off one income and the other income will be applied to the private loans. Our first focus will be the Chase loan at 35k with an 8.25 interest rate. My parents have also offered to help which will hopefully speed up that two years : Thank you SO MUCH rpersonalfinance for your guidance and support. Despite the amount of debt, I truly feel IN CONTROL. I also think its important to emphasize that Im not doing this alone. Without my partner I would not be able to make this much progress. I am very aware that my situation is not the norm and know that many out there are not as lucky. TLDR: I currently have a little over 160k in private and federal student loan debt. Im paying off one of my private loans TODAY! And Ive developed a new goal to pay off nearly 60k in TWO YEARS.  <response>: My SO left college with 150k and a nurse job. Her interest rates were at 11 percent. It took more than a year for her to consolidate with a lot of pleading by me. Most are at 7 percent now with consolidation. She still has 1 at 11percent that I loaned her a few thousand to pay down a little. The student debt life is crazy. We can afford to live but limited funds for anything fun let alone getting a house anytime soon. 