Archive for September, 2007

The Pundits Agree: $100,000 in debt is reasonable!

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

A sign that I am way behind the times: It’s almost October and I am just now getting to this months issue of Money magazine! I was surprised to see this in one of their articles: even a $100,000 debt is a reasonable trade-off for a medical degree This is the foundation of this blog. [...]

Borrowing Costs: August 2007

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Since one of the “features” of this blog is the vast amount of debt I carry, I thought I should do a better job of detailing how much it “costs” me each month to finance my educational debt and my cost of living. The key word in that sentence is Finance. The majority of these [...]

Monthly Update: August 2007(-$59984.48, +$3778.32)

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Late again this month. It has become apparent to me that my 4th year of residency is going to require a much greater time commitment than my prior 3 years. That being said, our finances continue to tick along. We have managed to make saving a significant portion of our income a habit and at [...]

My Credit Card Debt is now at Record Levels

Monday, September 10th, 2007

I never thought I would carry over $45,000 in credit card debt. That amount represents about a years worth of living expenses for our household. Even when I was at my personal finance low 2 years ago with over $14,000 in hard earned credit card debt, I never thought I would let my debt get [...]