It’s my favorite time of the semester you know the one where free money is involved?! My semester started a week ago and my refund posted shortly after. If you’ve been reading my blog or watching my YouTube channel, then you know I am a champion for scholarships and free money. This past year my employer decided to pay for doctoral degrees in full which greatly assisted in my debt free journey. Figure 1: This is a thumbnail of my latest YouTube video “I Got My Summer Refund Check” where I am sitting in my office with my hand under my chin with a smile while looking at the camera. Although my schooling is paid for, I still have several scholarships that provide some overage. My goal is to not only obtain my doctorate degree for free but to make money while doing it! This summer I received two scholarships for $500 each for a total of $1000! One scholarship was given to me by the university without me having to apply while the other is for my work with a local community college. With
This past week an article came out stating that student loan forgiveness was not in President’s Biden annual budget. I know many of us were like say what now? A few months ago, I did a video on student loan forgiveness as around that time Biden had given the Department of Education’s secretary a task to write a memo regarding if he could cancel student loan debt through executive order. There have not been any updates on that memo and this latest article that student loan forgiveness is not in Biden’s annual budget has somewhat put the writing on the wall that this may not happen after all. Figure 1: This is a thumbnail from my latest YouTube video on Should I Pay My Student Loans? I have an inquisitive look on my face next to a photo of Biden. I have a student loan balance myself and $10K would basically forgive my debt with a little left over. However, I am unsure if this will happen so I have decided to pay up until I hear otherwise. I actually paid off my second student loa