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#RI-6a0e9d86·6 months ago·
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I went all in on myself after a startup exit.

29F I’m extremely proud of myself today.

As of this morning, I’ve officially paid off $47,325 of debt since January and eliminated all of my bad debt completely.

About 2.5 years ago, I sold my equity stake in a startup I helped build and decided to go all in on myself. Things didn’t work out the way I planned. I learned some very expensive lessons and ended up nearly $100K in debt within 6 months of buying my first home.

So I went back to basics.

I’m in sales by trade, so I did what I knew

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