How I Paid Off $40,000 In Student Loans Without A Real Job

Not to get too political, but I firmly believe that education is a right and not a privilege. I am an advocate for tuition-free education which would make student loans obsolete. I don’t understand why some believe it is a good thing to have many recent grads entering the workforce with a massive burden of debt. Limiting the purchasing power of an entire generation doesn’t seem particularly logical, but I guess this is why I’m not an economist— end of rant.

Like many of us, Tom Kuegler left university with a massive chunk of student debt. Tom did what many of us are told to do after school, get a job — any job — and pay down his loans. While he took a job as a waiter, he realized that it was not he wanted to do. He eventually found less ‘conventional ways’ to pay back his student loans. This is an inspirational story for those of us who look to pay our bills outside of the realm of traditional 9 to 5 jobs.