Some good personal news. As most of you know, I got divorced in 2016. Which was good news, albeit expensive. Found the right lady and married her instead, also good news.
However, that's led to having a lot of financial upheaval. And that meant that for a little while, debt was creeping up, especially because in 2017-18, we both needed to buy cars. I was prioritizing building up the "rainy day fund" and making sure I was in a better situation for liquidity for emergencies, not attacking debt. When we got our cars paid off, I went into credit card attack mode, but right about that time was when our industry was struggling and bonuses dried up. So there were no "haymakers" I could throw and knock it out in a few punches unless I wanted to raid said rainy day fund. It was more chipping away--trying to chip away with decent sized chunks, but still chipping away. Well, after chipping away, I finally landed that haymaker.
So as of today, I am now debt free.