<prompt> Human: Hey all, just wanted to share something with you that my husband and I have been doing to pay down student loan debt that has helped to keep us focused and excited about our goal. We started paying down 53k mid-2016, and as of today, have just over 5k remaining. While we both have decent jobs that have afforded us the ability to pay these down quickly, it hasnt come without sacrifice and frugal living that can sometimes be tiring. About halfway through, we created post it notes to put on the wall; each note represents 1k. After each payment, we remove the appropriate number of post its from the wall. Not only does this provide a visual representation of our progress, but boy does it also feel good to rip those off when the time comes. Anyway, I think everyone has their thing when it comes to becoming debt free, and this is just ours. I hope it can help some of you on your journey, too!  <response>: This is a really good idea. I mean we have our total debt number pulled into Mint so we can see it ticking down. But I know sometimes my wife feels like were not making any progress. We pay about 1.5x our minimums plus an extra 600 a month on our student loans, plus all of my wifes commissions. I think it would really cool to peel several 500 post its off the wall when she gets a big commission. 