<prompt> Human: So 8 months ago I solicited this subreddits advice and thought Id post an update. Any advice is very much welcome!Total Debt student loan, no cc 78K was 119k June 2011, 135k Jan 2011 39k 4.3 was 41k in June 22k 6.0 was 24.5k 17k 6.5 was 19.5k 0 7.0 was 8k 0 8.25 was 26kOther stuff Salary 170k pretax, potential 10-15k bonus biglaw Monthly take-home 8200 33.8 effective tax rate 401K balance 22k was 20k Emergency fund: 4600 was 700 Rent 1650 DC was 2350Really Im just submitting this because of some post-snowball effect melancholy. Paying off the higher-interest tail-end stuff was quite the thrill but now the rest is looking monolithic and unapproachable. Any advice on finding a fast-forward button would be magical.  <response>: You are paying off at the rate of 5K per month. That means by summer you will be done with your highest rate loan, by Halloween you will be done with the second highest rate loan, and then you only have to concentrate on one loan for the next 8 months.I have 25K in student loans and will not pay off my loans that quickly. The reason is I make 100K less a year than you. You are still very ahead of the game.Another way to think of it if the payments bug you: You are an example of the student loan program working. You have a crap ton of loans, but more than enough income to pay it off with interest and still live a comfortable life in a large, expensive city. 