I paid off one of my student loans today! I no longer have any loans with Sallie Mae. Those loans are PAID IN FULL! 🙌🏽 The words “student loans” have been a really sensitive subject for me over the past year or so. When my various loans most recently went into repayment, my student loan companies were not very kind or accommodating, to put it lightly. I spoke with just about every single person in their customer service departments in an effort to secure a doable payment arrangement. Each time, I was met with “Naw sis, we’ll take $1,200 a month.” (That’s the payment amount one of my student loan companies was actually requesting.) I’m the kind of person who ALWAYS pays my bills on time (I don’t miss payments for anything), so these kinds of conversations and negotiations have been extremely stressful to endure. What’s crazy is, I’m not even trying to avoid my student loan payments. I’m just trying to make payments I can actually afford. All of this back-and-forth has led to a great amount of anxiety. There have been nights where I didn't sleep. Days where I didn’t feel like eating. Moments where I saw no light at the end of the tunnel. My therapist and my CPA have both ensured me over and over again that I’m going to be okay and get through this. However, for some reason I’ve allowed this financial stress to take over. I wasn’t even going to post about paying off this loan today, but I decided to because I know I’m not alone in this. I know someone else needed this message today. Also, the Holy Spirit is not playing with me y’all. The Holy Spirit was like, “You know God is bigger than your student loans right?” *collapses on the floor* - It’s the conviction for me 🤯😅😭 Happy Friday Gram Fam 😌 📸: @dag_images #kaishacreates #kaishainspires #studentloan #studentloanpayoff #blkcreative #blackcreators #blackcreatives #blackcreatorsmatter #nyccreatives #blackgirlswhowrite #browngirlbloggers #lifeofanactress #lifeofanartist (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD4hiPljRX2/?igshid=1cr7rn6lyoekf