Huzzah!

[andrewducker]

In 1990 I went to university - part of the first year to have student loans rather than full grants.

I just got the letter from the student loan company telling me the last of them has been paid off.

Slowly I rid myself of all my debts...

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[rainstorm.livejournal.com]

I'm going to leave uni with approximately 20 grand of debt from student loans.

I'm going to be doing an art course, so when I come out I'm going to be skint for several years afterwards because I want to have my own studio if I possibly can, which will probably involve renting a fairly large place to make my own stuff. The materials for my chosen profession won't be cheap, and I probably won't break even for a long time. After that I won't be rich by any means and so I'll be paying off at a low rate (if at all) for a long, long time.

I really don't expect to pay off that much debt until I'm pretty old, possibly not until retirement age. I'm not being unrealistic, I just know that being an artist means being skint for most of the time, even if I do go into teaching or something part time.