Well, I made a journal around the beginning of last year. I originally wanted to accomplish the goal of paying down as much as I could within a year, but my now husband and I got engaged 9 days after I made that journal post. Suffice it to say, the wedding ate up a bit of my funds (and set me four months back from my year-end goal), so I made the new goal to pay down as much as I could before we got married since he was coming into our marriage completely debt free!
On January 20, 2016, I was $62,300.44 in debt (including a bit of credit card debt: $5,450-ish). I believe I had close to 57k in student loan debt alone.
As of May 1, 2017 (our wedding was May 20, 2017), I was down to $15,000 in student loan debt (no other debt). I know I still have a ways to go, but man, it still kind of feels like winning the lottery after paying down $47,300 un under 14 months...and managing to pay for a wedding and honeymoon on top of all of that.
Note: I am not a high earner...I just started a new job making $65k...I was making $55k prior to April 2017. I also only had ~$12,845 saved prior to making this "goal."
All I have left to say is, "hooray"!! I am so glad I found this community :)