I paid off $150,000 in student loan debt in 16 months. Here are the sacrifices I made and the jobs I worked to become debt-free.

Arden Missal and her husband, Jordan. Courtesy of Arden Missal Arden Missal, a physician assistant, paid off $150,000 in student debt in 16 months. Missal worked 80-90 hours a week and cut her expenses to achieve her goal of becoming debt-free. Achieving debt freedom allowed her to start a financial blog and take a year off work. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Arden Missal, a 30-year-old physician's assistant and blogger based in Jupiter, Florida. It has been edited f...