I posted this eight months ago, and thought I'd post a brief update.
I'm still a veterinarian, and I'm still in debt, though my net worth is greater than it was eight months ago. Calculating my Assets vs. Debt, I'm currently at about +$59,000, up from about +$6,000 eight months ago. I haven't really changed anything as far as contributions to 401K or IRA, though I did have to contribute to a traditional IRA and convert it to a Roth because I grossed too much in 2016 to be able to contribute to a Roth directly. My current student loan debt is a little over $87K, down from $280K when I graduated from vet school in May of 2009.
Same as before, I'm not posting to brag, but hopefully this can serve as encouragement to those in debt, especially those with student loan debt (and especially vet students), that with a decently-paying job and a plan you can chip away at that debt.
tl;dr - Was worth -$280K about eight years ago, was worth +$6K about eight months ago, now worth about +$59K.
Thanks for reading (again)!
Submitted March 14, 2017 at 03:12PM by FinallyNotWorthless http://ift.tt/2lXFzaX
