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Looking for advice (or maybe permission) on how to tackle our last debts. We have worked through all of our credit card debt and left with a car lease that we intend to purchase next year and my student loans. Both are relatively substantial loans. The car will require about 24k at the time of purchase and my student loans are currently 117k. My original plan was to save up the cash and pay for the car in full at the end of the lease. However, I’ve recently been paying ultra attention to the interest on my student loan and it’s sickening. I pay almost $800/month with almost everything going to interest. The balance is not going up or down at this point. I’m wondering if I should switch to hammering on the student loan and just leave my car alone? We can afford the car payment, and yes, it would be nice to pay it off sooner and have that money to apply to the student loans, but when I really think about the thing that creates the most stress and anxiety as it relates to our finances, it’s my student loans. Is it wrong to want to switch the order in which we attack? Is there something I’m not considering? I’m a pretty avid DR listener and worry that I may be holding myself to a plan out of fear versus what may actually work best for our family. Thanks in advance!  
Looking for advice (or maybe permission) on how to tackle our last debts.

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