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When Financial Wins Feel Hollow

I know I should be proud of paying off my student loans early but instead I feel empty, like I just spent three years of my twenties for a number on a screen to go to zero.

Zera
Online
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Achieving difficult financial goals without internal celebration reveals a disconnection between external accomplishment and internal worth.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Saving and the psychology of deferred gratification?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.