As of today's paycheck, I made it to a positive net worth! As a mostly-lurker here on the forums, thank you all for your posts and your wisdom that has kept me motivated and on track the past 2 years.
My journey:
Fall 2013-ish: Getting towards the end of grad school, decided that I better figure out what the heck a 401k was so that I could evaluate benefits packages when applying for jobs. Stumbled upon MMM and after reading all his blog posts, ended up on the forum.
May 2015: Actually graduated with my PhD and started my first real job with a $70k salary. Net worth was -$82,500 because of undergrad student loans (and virtually no assets). After a solid year and a half of reading MMM and the forums, was determined to avoid lifestyle inflation and kill my loans as fast as possible.
May 2016: Down to -$55,500.
May 2017: Down to -$16,500
September 2017: Passed the $0 mark and am now at just over $2k net worth! (student loans at -$18k, EF at $6.5k, HSA at $5k, and 401k at $8.5k)
I can't wait to see how it goes from here!