So I Have This Debt...

       I am sure that I am not alone with insurmountable debt. It seems like this picture best describes how old I feel I'll be when I finally pay it off.

"Yes! I finally paid off my student loans!!"

   It's overwhelming and I feel like I should be working harder to get rid of it all. But it seems as time passes the debt grows and grows. And not just any growth, but it grows exponentially. And my confidence of getting rid of it gets smaller. It decays exponentially. In fact, if I were to chart it, it'd look like a supply and demand chart. Except the demand of debt is higher than my supply of confidence (and money).

Why can't the supply of money be higher
than the demand of debt? 

        When I calculated all my debt, it an the sweet total of $134,000 (including school loans, mortgage, and a car loan). But I have been having hearing problems (with no insurance previously, but I have it now) and so I need to add medical bills to the list. Ugh!!! Will I ever get out of debt and return to my carefree self? My optimistic side says I will. But my realistic side thinks it will be a long time before I will feel that way again.
          So I want to make a public goal that I am going to try to get out of debt in 5 years: August 22, 2020. I will do this by continuing working full-time and by finding odd jobs to gather some dinero. If you have any suggestions, please send them my way!

Thank you for reading!

Marissa :)

P.S. I posted two lots on eBay and posted one thing on craigslist, just to push me to that "I will get out of debt!" attitude.