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Not Another Day in the Cube, Get a Student Loan

If you wake up every morning and find yourself, while grateful that you are receiving a steady paycheck, dreading the actual act of going through the door again, picking up the phone and explaining that a door jamb is not something you spread on it to make it taste better, it may be time to consider reconsidering your career. A student loan may help you in this process.

In the current economy, it is natural to want to cling to a job, any job and to feel guilty for not appreciating what you have more than you do. There is some value to that. A job, no matter how much you hate it, does tend to pay the bills better than no job. However, it has been medically demonstrated that if you literally dread going into work every day, that isn’t good for your health and can therefore increase your medical bills and absenteeism and conversely, improve your chances of getting laid off. So it may not be the way to go.

By the same token, this may not be the best time to suddenly quit your current job in search of the career of your dreams or to write your screenplay. The good news is that there are options to help move you forward that can be done in your spare time. There are an increasing number of educational programs that can be completed on-line. Even ones that will help you write that screenplay. Whether you are going for a whole degree, or just need a few classes to improve your existing skills, there are many options for doing the work asynchronously.

Of course, the second most daunting aspect of any sort of educational experience is paying for it. This is where student loans come in. While this may not seem like the ideal time to borrow money, this is some of the best and safest borrowing a person can do.

Government backed student loan debt does tend to stick with you more intensely than do other types, even through bankruptcy, but it also has some of the most flexible repayment terms and the lowest interest rate of any loan type out there. Because these loans are federally backed, they always receive the lowest interest rate at the time of lending, and this is fixed through the life of the loan, unless you decide to consolidate at some point in the future.

Furthermore, if, after you have left school and are in the repayment period, you find yourself in a very low-paying job, laid off, or otherwise unable to make payments, there are options. You can apply for a deferment or postponement of payments due to financial hardship and if your income is below a certain level this will be granted.

There is also generally an option to make lower payments than the company is specifying. While interest will still accrue during this period, your credit rating will not be damaged and your education will not be repoed. How many other loans offer terms like that?